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Island in the Sky

(1953)

September 5, 1953• 1h 49m
63%
TMDB Score

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.

William A. Wellman

Director

Top Billed Cast

JW

John Wayne

Captain Dooley

LN

Lloyd Nolan

Captain Stutz

WA

Walter Abel

Col. Fuller

JA

James Arness

Mac McMullen

AD

Andy Devine

Willie Moon

AJ

Allyn Joslyn

J.H. Handy

JL

Jimmy Lydon

Murray, Dooley's navigator

HCJ

Harry Carey, Jr.

Ralph Hunt, Moon's co-pilot

HB

Hal Baylor

Stankowski, Dooley's engineer

SM

Sean McClory

Frank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot

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