Island in the Sky
“He Fought Every Fury of Man and Mountain To Get Where His Woman Was!”
1953•NR•1h 49m•6.2•Released
AdventureDrama
A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while awaiting rescue.
Director
William A. Wellman
Writer
Ernest K. Gann
Languages
English
Studio
Wayne-Fellows Productions
Cast
John Wayne
Captain Dooley
Lloyd Nolan
Captain Stutz
Walter Abel
Col. Fuller
James Arness
Mac McMullen
Andy Devine
Willie Moon
Allyn Joslyn
J.H. Handy
Jimmy Lydon
Murray, Dooley's navigator
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
Captain Turner
Robert Keys
Major Ditson
Sumner Getchell
Lieutenant Cord
Production
Company
Wayne-Fellows Productions
Company
Warner Bros. Pictures
Producer
John Wayne
Producer
Robert Fellows
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