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Island in the Sky (1953)

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A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while... See full summary »

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Captain Stutz
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Col. Fuller
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Mac McMullen
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Willie Moon
Allyn Joslyn ...
J.H. Handy
Jimmy Lydon ...
Murray (as James Lydon)
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Ralph Hunt
Hal Baylor ...
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Sean McClory ...
Frank Lovatt
Wally Cassell ...
D'Annunzia
Gordon Jones ...
Walrus
Frank Fenton ...
Capt. Turner
Robert Keys ...
Maj. Ditson
Sumner Getchell ...
Lt. Cord
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A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

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Adventure | Drama

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5 September 1953 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

William A. Wellman's Island in the Sky  »

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$967,000 (estimated)
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(WarnerPhonic/RCA Sound System)| (WarnerPhonic/RCA)

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1.37 : 1
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The general plot is based on a true story that the author, Ernest Gann related in his 1961 autobiographical book about his flying career, "Fate is the Hunter". He and other pilots searched successfully for a lost fellow pilot in the wilds of northern Canada during World War II. See more »

Goofs

As Corsair begins her forced landing on the lake, three crew members - non pilots - are standing behind the pilots looking out the windows. Under no circumstances would non pilots be there. They would be in crash position against the bulkhead in the rear area, not standing in the cockpit. See more »

Quotes

Capt. Dooley: They're coming, boys. Boys, they're coming. Boys, they're coming!
[planes fly apast]
Capt. Dooley: I guess we're awful hard to see down here. Harder than we thought.
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Version of Fate Is the Hunter (1964) See more »

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"Blue Waters"
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Written by Emil Newman and Irving Newman
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Can't Forget It
27 June 2004 | by (Birmingham, AL) – See all my reviews

I saw Island in the Sky in 1953 as a 6-year-old. I've never seen it again, but I still remember scenes from the movie. Like The Searchers, which I saw when it first came out in 1956, some of John Wayne's work stays with us. His movies had an impact that carries over generations.

I think The High and the Mighty, which came out a year later, overshadowed Island in the Sky. It was a bigger production and it has been shown on TV.

When AMC and other cable networks do their John Wayne retrospectives, they ought to include some of his earlier, lesser-known films such as Island in the Sky. All they ever show are his 1960s westerns and an occasional war film (I saw In Harm's Way last night).


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