Toward the Unknown

Sep 27, 1956

1h 55m

★ 5.6

Somewhere at a secluded U.S. Air Force Base lives a picked handful of very special men — the rocket pilots of outer space and the eerie experimental craft that rule the skies beyond the sky...

Overview

Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active service as a test pilot. Determined to clear his name, Bond battles a hard-nosed base commander, prejudiced officers and his own insecurities.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Toluca Productions

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Maj. Lincoln Bond

William Holden

Brig. Gen. Bill Banner

Lloyd Nolan

Connie Mitchell

Virginia Leith

Col. 'Mickey' McKee

Charles McGraw

Maj. Bromo Lee

Murray Hamilton

Lt. Gen. Bryan Shelby

Paul Fix

Lt. Col. Joe Craven

James Garner

2nd Lt. Sweeney

L.Q. Jones

Polly Craven

Karen Steele

Sen. Black

Bartlett Robinson

Hank

Malcolm Atterbury

Harvey Gilbert

Ralph Moody

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