CinemaOSMovie · 1957 · 1h 27m

The Man in the Sky

Dare-devil test pilot takes you on a nerve-tingling adventure!

75%(12)IMDbDrama

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.

Directed byCharles Crichton

Play
Status
Released
Runtime
1h 27m
Language
EN
Released
January 24, 1957
Studios
Ealing Studios

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Jack Hawkins

Jack Hawkins

John Mitchell

Elizabeth Sellars

Elizabeth Sellars

Mary Mitchell

Walter Fitzgerald

Walter Fitzgerald

Reginald Conway

Eddie Byrne

Eddie Byrne

Ashmore

John Stratton

John Stratton

Peter Hook

Victor Maddern

Victor Maddern

Joe Biggs

Lionel Jeffries

Lionel Jeffries

Keith

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Crabtree

Catherine Lacey

Catherine Lacey

Mary's mother

Megs Jenkins

Megs Jenkins

Mrs. Snowden

Creative team
Directed by
Charles Crichton
Charles Crichton
Written by
John Eldridge
John Eldridge
William Rose
Produced by
Michael Balcon
Michael Balcon

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