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Island in the Sky

“He Fought Every Fury of Man and Mountain To Get Where His Woman Was!”

U · 9 Nov 1953 · 109 min · English

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The film

Synopsis

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.

On screen

Cast & characters

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

Behind the camera

Key crew

Director: William A. Wellman
Writing: Ernest K. Gann, Ernest K. Gann
Cinematography: Archie Stout
Original music: Emil Newman

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