Out of the Clouds (1955)

Directed by

Basil Dearden

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film shows a day at London Airport through the eyes of several passengers and crew members. It follows their ordinary joys and worries as they travel or work.

episodicbittersweetgentleobservationalnostalgicslice-of-lifeunderstated

What happens

Out of the Clouds is a 1955 British drama film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty and James Robertson Justice. It was loosely based on the novel The Springboard by John Fores and was adapted by Rex Rienits, with a screenplay by Michael Relph and John Eldridge. An Ealing Studios production, the film is composed of small stories dealing with the passengers and crew on a day at London Airport (the name of Heathrow Airport 1946–1966). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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