The Man in the Sky
Dare-devil test pilot takes you on a nerve-tingling adventure!
1957 · 1h 27m · N/A
Drama
Directed by
Charles Crichton
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Charles Crichton Director
- Jack Hawkins as John Mitchell
- Elizabeth Sellars as Mary Mitchell
- Walter Fitzgerald as Reginald Conway
- Eddie Byrne as Ashmore
- John Stratton as Peter Hook
- Victor Maddern as Joe Biggs
- Lionel Jeffries as Keith
- Donald Pleasence as Crabtree
- Catherine Lacey as Mary's mother
- Megs Jenkins as Mrs. Snowden
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