Movie
Island in the Sky
Overview
A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while awaiting rescue.
Details
- Release date
- 1953-09-05
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Wayne-Fellows Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Wayne as Captain Dooley
- Lloyd Nolan as Captain Stutz
- Walter Abel as Col. Fuller
- James Arness as Mac McMullen
- Andy Devine as Willie Moon
- Allyn Joslyn as J.H. Handy
- Jimmy Lydon as Murray, Dooley's navigator
- Harry Carey, Jr. as Ralph Hunt, Moon's co-pilot
- Hal Baylor as Stankowski, Dooley's engineer
- Sean McClory as Frank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot
- Wally Cassell as D'Annunzia, Dooley's radioman
- Gordon Jones as Walrus
Crew
- William A. Wellman - Director
- Ernest K. Gann - Screenplay
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