The Flying Missile (1950)

Directed by

Henry Levin

Genre

drama film, adventure film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Navy commander pushes for the development of submarine-launched missiles during the early Cold War. He faces skepticism from superiors and personal strain as he works to prove the new weapons system is viable.

tensepatrioticpacedearnestdatedsuspensefultechnicalstirring

What happens

The Flying Missile is a 1950 black-and-white Cold War-era film from Columbia Pictures starring Glenn Ford and Viveca Lindfors. Produced with the cooperation of the United States Navy, it tells a fictionalized story of the Navy's first submarine-launched cruise missiles, such as the Republic-Ford JB-2 Loon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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