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The Man in the Sky

71% | Jan 24, 1957
Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

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Jack Hawkins
John Mitchell
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Elizabeth Sellars
Mary Mitchell
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Walter Fitzgerald
Reginald Conway
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Eddie Byrne
Ashmore
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John Stratton
Peter Hook

Featured Crew

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William Rose
Story
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William Rose
Screenplay
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Charles Crichton
Director
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John Eldridge
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Michael Balcon
Producer
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Peter Tanner
Editor
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Douglas Slocombe
Director of Photography
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Gerard Schurmann
Original Music Composer
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Jim Morahan
Art Direction
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Harry Frampton
Makeup Artist
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Roy Gough
Still Photographer
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Seth Holt
Associate Producer

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