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22 December 1961 (USA)
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The Rocket Ship That Challenged Outer Space! more
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Early Bronson film re experimental rocketplane into space
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Cast
(Credited cast)| David McLean | ... | Matt Powell | |
| Charles Bronson | ... | Lt. Col. Lee Brandon | |
| Ralph Taeger | ... | Maj. Ernest Wilde | |
| Brad Dexter | ... | Maj. Anthony Rinaldi | |
| Kenneth Tobey | ... | Col. Craig Brewster | |
| James Gregory | ... | Tom Deparma | |
| Mary Tyler Moore | ... | Pamela Stewart | |
| Patricia Owens | ... | Margaret Brandon | |
| Lisabeth Hush | ... | Diane Wilde | |
| Stanley Livingston | ... | Mike Brandon | |
| Lauren Gilbert | ... | Col. Jessup | |
| Phil Dean | ... | Maj. McCully | |
| Chuck Stanford | ... | Lt. Cmdr. Joe Lacrosse | |
| Patty McDonald | ... | Susan Brandon | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Ric Applewhite | ... | Engineer | |
| Robert Dornan | ... | Test Engineer | |
| Ed Fleming | ... | Himself (newscaster) | |
| Lee Giroux | ... | Himself | |
| Darlene Hendricks | ... | Nurse | |
| Grant Holcomb | ... | Himself | |
| Lew Irwin | ... | Himself | |
| Barbara Kelley | ... | Secretary | |
| Jerry Lawrence | ... | Operator | |
| Mike MacKane | ... | B-52 Pilot | |
| Richard Norris | ... | Operator | |
| Pat Renella | ... | Engineer | |
| James Stewart | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
| Frank Watkins | ... | Security Policeman | |
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107 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Richard Donner's directorial debut.
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Referenced in Radio Flyer (1992)
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for X-15 (1961)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| Why Not An 'X-15 ' Soundtrack? | ronaldwvaughan |
| Out of sight | churchr-1 |
| Rocketship X-15 | Arlenefc |
| Premonition | eviltimes |
| B-52 Distortion | bernie-122 |
| F100 crash | blaksab73 |
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From the late 50s, this early Charles Bronson starrer dramatized the real-life development of the rocket-powered X-15 experimental aircraft, which was launched from the belly of a B-52 bomber and was flown by test pilots to high speeds and high altitude in an effort to touch the edge of space.
The X-15 was a successful part of the development program that also included precursors like the X-1 and the Stiletto, and later produced pilots for NASA and technology used in early space shuttle concepts.
I saw the film more than once on its initial run, and it seems to me this was sometimes double-billed with the somewhat similar air power goings-on of Karl Maulden's BOMBERS B-52.