Island in the Sky (1953)
6.2|5 Sept, 1953|109 min
He Fought Every Fury of Man and Mountain To Get Where His Woman Was!
6.2|5 Sept, 1953|109 min
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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.
Keywords
airplane
radio
survival
snow
food rationing
navigation
Casts
John Wayne
Captain Dooley
Lloyd Nolan
Captain Stutz
Walter Abel
Col. Fuller
James Arness
Mac McMullen
Andy Devine
Willie Moon
Allyn Joslyn
J.H. Handy
Jimmy Lydon
Murray, Dooley's navigator
Harry Carey, Jr.
Ralph Hunt, Moon's co-pilot
Hal Baylor
Stankowski, Dooley's engineer
Sean McClory
Frank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot
Wally Cassell
D'Annunzia, Dooley's radioman
Gordon Jones
Walrus
Frank Fenton
Captain Turner
Robert Keys
Major Ditson
Sumner Getchell
Lieutenant Cord
Regis Toomey
Sergeant Harper
Paul Fix
Wally Miller
Jim Dugan
Gidley
George Chandler
Rene
Louis Jean Heydt
Fitch
Bob Steele
Wilson
Darryl Hickman
Swanson
Mike Connors
Gainer
Cass Gidley
Stannish
Herbert Anderson
Breezy
Anthony De Mario
Ogden
Ann Doran
Moon's Wife (uncredited)
Fess Parker
Fitch's Co-Pilot (uncredited)
William A. Wellman
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Dawn Bender
Murray's Wife
Carl Switzer
Sonny Hopper
Billy Lee Aimone
Boy (uncredited)
Crews
William A. Wellman
Director
Robert Fellows
Producer
John Wayne
Producer
Ernest K. Gann
Screenplay
Emil Newman
Original Music Composer
Archie Stout
Director of Photography
Ralph Dawson
Editor
Ernest K. Gann
Novel
James Basevi
Art Direction
Nate H. Edwards
Production Manager
Andrew V. McLaglen
Assistant Director
William H. Clothier
Aerial Camera
Sam Freedle
Script Supervisor
Joseph La Bella
Property Master
Alex Weldon
Special Effects
Carl Walker
Wardrobe Supervisor
Web Overlander
Makeup Artist
William A. Mueller
Sound
Don Christy
Still Photographer
Earl Crain Sr.
Sound Recordist
Ralph S. Hurst
Set Decoration
Ernest K. Gann
Technical Advisor
Ed Borschell
Sound Recordist
Backdrops & Posters
