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Island in the Sky

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

1953 · NR · 1h 49m

Directed by William A. Wellman

6.2

TMDB audience score
76 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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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

  • Regis Toomey
    Sergeant Harper

  • Paul Fix
    Wally Miller

  • Jim Dugan
    Gidley