The Man in the Sky
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.
Release Date
January 24, 1957Runtime
87 minGenres
DramaDirected by
Charles CrichtonScreenplay by
John Eldridge, William RoseStory by
William RoseLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Jack Hawkins
John MitchellElizabeth Sellars
Mary MitchellWalter Fitzgerald
Reginald ConwayEddie Byrne
AshmoreJohn Stratton
Peter HookVictor Maddern
Joe BiggsLionel Jeffries
KeithDonald Pleasence
CrabtreeCatherine Lacey
Mary's motherMegs Jenkins
Mrs. SnowdenErnest Clark
MaineHoward Marion-Crawford
IngramsRussell Waters
SimRaymond Francis
Mary Mackenzie
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