Island in the Sky (1953)

Directed by

William A. Wellman

Genre

disaster film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 72 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A transport plane carrying a crew goes down in a remote frozen wilderness. The survivors struggle to stay alive while a rescue team searches for them.

suspensefulgrittytenseearnestmethodicalgroundedsomberrealistic

What happens

Island in the Sky is a 1953 American aviation adventure drama film written by Ernest K. Gann based on his 1944 novel of the same name, directed by William A. Wellman and starring and coproduced by John Wayne. Because of its realistic depiction of an actual aircraft crash, some consider the film as among the classic aviation films. The film also features Andy Devine, Lloyd Nolan, James Arness and Paul Fix. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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