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The Man in the Sky
The Man in the Sky

The Man in the Sky

Dare-devil test pilot takes you on a nerve-tingling adventure!

Genres

Drama

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The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself. At the Conway Aero-Manufacturing Company of Wolverhampton, Mitchell is to take the company's new rocket-propulsion transport plane up for tests, fully loaded and carrying two important passengers - Ministry official Crabtree and buyer's representative Ashmore. Mitchell learns from his boss, Reg Conway, that if Ashmore does not recommend the plane, the company will be out of business and Mitchell out of a job, since the plane is not even insured as the firm's entire capital is tied up in the plane. Aloft, an engine catches fire and the passengers and other crew bail out, but Mitchell refuses to obey orders to jettison the plane in the Irish Sea.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

87 mins

Rating

7.1/10

Release Date

24 January 1957

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Jack Hawkins

Jack Hawkins

John Mitchell

Elizabeth Sellars

Elizabeth Sellars

Mary Mitchell

Walter Fitzgerald

Walter Fitzgerald

Reginald Conway

Eddie Byrne

Eddie Byrne

Ashmore

John Stratton

John Stratton

Peter Hook

Victor Maddern

Victor Maddern

Joe Biggs

Lionel Jeffries

Lionel Jeffries

Keith

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Crabtree

Catherine Lacey

Catherine Lacey

Mary's mother

Megs Jenkins

Megs Jenkins

Mrs. Snowden

Ernest Clark

Ernest Clark

Maine

Jeremy Bodkin

Jeremy Bodkin

Nicholas Mitchell

Gerard Lohan

Gerard Lohan

Philip Mitchell

Howard Marion-Crawford

Howard Marion-Crawford

Ingrams

Russell Waters

Russell Waters

Sim

Raymond Francis

Raymond Francis

John Baddeley

John Baddeley

Mary Mackenzie

Mary Mackenzie

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