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Director:
Richard Donner
Writers:
James Warner Bellah (writer)
Tony Lazzarino (screenplay)
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Release Date:
22 December 1961 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
The Rocket Ship That Challenged Outer Space! more
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User Comments:
Early Bronson film re experimental rocketplane into space more (10 total)

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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Additional Details

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Runtime:
107 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Norway:12 | West Germany:12 (f) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11
Filming Locations:
Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA
Company:
Essex Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Richard Donner's directorial debut. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Radio Flyer (1992) more

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Early Bronson film re experimental rocketplane into space, 2 July 2004
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Author: Steve Towsley from Fort Wayne, IN

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.

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