Bailout at 43,000

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Bailout at 43,000

"They live fast... fly fast... and fall fast"

1957

1h 18m

4.8(6 votes)

Drama

Overview

An Air Force major feels a volatile mixture of relief and anger when he is excused from performing a dangerous test in a new aircraft.

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11 members

Acting

John Payne

Major Paul Peterson

Acting

Karen Steele

Carol Peterson

Acting

Paul Kelly

Colonel William Hughes

Acting

Richard Eyer

Kit Peterson

Acting

Constance Ford

Mrs. Frances Nolan

Acting

Eddie Firestone

Captain Mike Cavallero

Acting

Adam Kennedy

Lieutenant Ed Simmons

Acting

Gregory Gaye

Dr. Franz Gruener

Acting

Steven Ritch

Major Irv Goldman

Acting

Richard Crane

Captain Jack Nolan

Acting

Barbara Eden

Blonde with Mike at Nightclub (uncredited)

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