Island in the Sky

Sep 5, 1953

1h 49m

★ 6.3

He Fought Every Fury of Man and Mountain To Get Where His Woman Was!

Overview

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.

Genres

Adventure

Drama

Production Companies

Wayne-Fellows Productions

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Captain Dooley

John Wayne

Captain Stutz

Lloyd Nolan

Col. Fuller

Walter Abel

Mac McMullen

James Arness

Willie Moon

Andy Devine

J.H. Handy

Allyn Joslyn

Murray, Dooley's navigator

Jimmy Lydon

Ralph Hunt, Moon's co-pilot

Harry Carey, Jr.

Stankowski, Dooley's engineer

Hal Baylor

Frank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot

Sean McClory

D'Annunzia, Dooley's radioman

Wally Cassell

Walrus

Gordon Jones

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