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Island in the Sky (1953) -- A transport plane crash-lands in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue.
Island in the Sky (1953) -- A transport plane crash-lands in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue.

Overview

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Director:
William A. Wellman
Writers:
Ernest K. Gann (novel)
Ernest K. Gann (screenplay)
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Release Date:
5 September 1953 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Drama more
Plot:
A transport plane crash-lands in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Dooley, must... more | full synopsis
User Comments:
Found a DVD at the Atlantic City Classic Auto show & Auction more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Wayne ... Capt. Dooley
Lloyd Nolan ... Captain Stutz
Walter Abel ... Col. Fuller
James Arness ... Mac McMullen, pilot
Andy Devine ... Willie Moon, pilot
Allyn Joslyn ... J.H. Handy, pilot
Jimmy Lydon ... Murray, Dooley's navigator (as James Lydon)
Harry Carey Jr. ... Ralph Hunt, Moon's co-pilot
Hal Baylor ... Stankowski, Dooley's engineer
Sean McClory ... Frank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot
Wally Cassell ... D'Annunzia, Dooley's radioman
Gordon Jones ... Walrus
Frank Fenton ... Capt. Turner
Robert Keys ... Maj. Ditson
Sumner Getchell ... Lt. Cord
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Additional Details

Runtime:
109 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (WarnerPhonic/RCA)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The little yellow radio shown in the movie was a actual radio. Its design is based on a WWII German emergency transmitter. It is a BC-778/SCR-578/AN-CRT3 emergency transmitter (it could not receive) affectionately called 'Gibson Girl', a name taken from the narrow-waisted female drawings of 1890s fashion artist Charles Gibson. Its shape allowed the operator to hold it between the legs while cranking it the necessary 80 RPM to produce enough electricity to operate. It could be set to automatically send an SOS signal or switched to send Morse Code signals. Early models transmitted only on 500kHz, later models also could transmit on 8280kHz (later modified to 8364kHz). It was notorious for being tough to crank. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Lovatt died, he had curled up into a fetal position. He would have frozen in that position. When the crew buried him, he was straightened out. more
Quotes:
Capt. Dooley: [to navigator Murray] You're a lousy guy to sleep with. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Fate Is the Hunter (1964) more

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20 out of 27 people found the following comment useful:-
Found a DVD at the Atlantic City Classic Auto show & Auction, 5 March 2004
Author: norman cerasoli (ncerasoli@msn.com) from New Jersey, USA

This is based on a true story and I had the priviledge to fly with the co-pilot of that trip of Feb 3, 1943. His comment was that he didn't like the movie because they showed the co-pilot dieing in the movie. On Feb. 3, 1993,50th annaversary of the downing of the B-24 liberator/cargo version, I flew directly over Lac O'connor flying a trip from Frankfurt, Germany to Chicago, Ill. The Lat. and Long. is roughly N54:20 and W74:30. The movie didn't tell the whole story;although, very well done. There was a Northeast Airlines DC-3 down also. When they first found O'Connor and his crew, the NE Airline pilot thought he could just land and pick them up. When he touched down, he was buried in snow. They spent exactly 2 mos on the lake. They were flown out on April 3, 1943. If you can find a book by James Mangan called westward....... something or other, has a very factual run down. Try the C.R. Smith museum in Ft. Worth, TX.

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