The Man in the Sky (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.

Updated May 20 2020

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1957-01-24

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aviation test pilot

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Runtime: 87 mins Rating: 6.8 Tag Line: Dare-devil test pilot takes you on a nerve-tingling adventure!

Cast

Donald Pleasence

Crabtree

Jack Hawkins

John Mitchell

John Stratton

Peter Hook

Lionel Jeffries

Keith

Victor Maddern

Joe Biggs

Megs Jenkins

Mrs. Snowden

Walter Fitzgerald

Reginald Conway

Eddie Byrne

Ashmore

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