Island in the Sky
05/09/1953
2h



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.
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


George Chandler
Rene


Louis Jean Heydt
Fitch


Bob Steele
Wilson


Darryl Hickman
Swanson


Mike Connors
Gainer
Cass Gidley
Stannish


Herbert Anderson
Breezy
Anthony De Mario
Ogden


Ann Doran
Moon's Wife (uncredited)


Fess Parker
Fitch's Co-Pilot (uncredited)


William A. Wellman
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)


Dawn Bender
Murray's Wife


Carl Switzer
Sonny Hopper
Billy Lee Aimone
Boy (uncredited)
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