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No Highway in the Sky

Original title: No Highway
  • 19511951
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 38m
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7.1/10
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No Highway in the Sky (1951)
An aeronautical engineer predicts that a new model of plane will fail catastrophically and in a novel manner after a specific number flying hours.
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An aeronautical engineer predicts that a new model of plane will fail catastrophically and in a novel manner after a specific number flying hours.An aeronautical engineer predicts that a new model of plane will fail catastrophically and in a novel manner after a specific number flying hours.An aeronautical engineer predicts that a new model of plane will fail catastrophically and in a novel manner after a specific number flying hours.
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4K
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  • Director
    • Henry Koster
  • Writers
    • Nevil Shute(by)
    • R.C. Sherriff(screen play)
    • Oscar Millard(screen play)
  • Stars
    • James Stewart
    • Marlene Dietrich
    • Glynis Johns
  • Director
    • Henry Koster
  • Writers
    • Nevil Shute(by)
    • R.C. Sherriff(screen play)
    • Oscar Millard(screen play)
  • Stars
    • James Stewart
    • Marlene Dietrich
    • Glynis Johns
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    • 62User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
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    Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart in No Highway in the Sky (1951)
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    James Stewart
    James Stewart
    • Theodore Honey
    Marlene Dietrich
    Marlene Dietrich
    • Monica Teasdale
    Glynis Johns
    Glynis Johns
    • Marjorie Corder
    Jack Hawkins
    Jack Hawkins
    • Dennis Scott
    Janette Scott
    Janette Scott
    • Elspeth Honey
    Elizabeth Allan
    Elizabeth Allan
    • Shirley Scott
    Ronald Squire
    Ronald Squire
    • Sir John - Director
    Jill Clifford
    • Peggy - Stewardess
    Basil Appleby
    • Second Engineer
    • (uncredited)
    Felix Aylmer
    Felix Aylmer
    • Sir Philip
    • (uncredited)
    Douglas Bradley-Smith
    • Farnborough Director
    • (uncredited)
    Dora Bryan
    Dora Bryan
    • Rosie - Barmaid
    • (uncredited)
    Hilda Campbell-Russell
    • Plane Passenger
    • (uncredited)
    Gerald Case
    • Inquiry Board Member
    • (uncredited)
    Hugh Cross
    • Johnson - Director's Secretary
    • (uncredited)
    Maurice Denham
    Maurice Denham
    • Maj. Pearl
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Dickens
    • Autograph Hunter
    • (uncredited)
    Mabel Etherington
    • Airline Passenger
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Henry Koster
    • Writers
      • Nevil Shute(by)
      • R.C. Sherriff(screen play)
      • Oscar Millard(screen play)
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    • Trivia
      Marlene Dietrich chose her wardrobe from the newest Christian Dior collection and charged it to the studio. She decided that the fur stole they had wasn't ample enough for her character so she threw on a mink cape and used the stole as a collar piece to get the luxurious look she wanted.
    • Goofs
      At Gander Airport in Newfoundland, the pilot refuses to allow Honey back on the plane to continue to Montreal, whilst Miss Corder tells him they'll see him in Montreal, but since Honey was on his way to Labrador, which was part of Newfoundland, to investigate the previous Reindeer crash, he would have been leaving the plane at Gander and not going on to Montreal in the first place.
    • Quotes

      Elspeth Honey: it's very hard being a scientist. One has to think a great deal. The world would have made scarcely any progress at all if it hadn't been for scientists.

      Dennis Scott: I see. The scientists do the thinking for the world, and the rest of us just live in it, is that it?

      Elspeth Honey: Yes.

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      Featured in Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (2000)

    User reviews62

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    8/10
    An Interesting Film
    This is one of James Stewart's lesser known films made during the post WWII period when Stewart was unsure what direction his Hollywood career would take him. I recently discovered this film on cable and found it to play somewhat like a long "Twilight Zone" episode where Stewart's character who is a scientist tries to convince the pilot of a transatlantic flight that the airline's structure will collapse and that everyone will be killed unless they turn back. Fine performances by Stewart and the supporting cast make this a watchable film.
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    • Release date
      • September 21, 1951 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Die Reise ins Ungewisse
    • Filming locations
      • Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century-Fox Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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