Director: William A. Wellman

Writer: Ernest K. Gann

From novel: Island in the Sky by Ernest K. Gann

Music: Emil Newman

Keywords: Action/Adventure, Airplane Crash

A civilian cargo transport runs out of fuel and performs a forced landing in the bitter cold and remote Labrador wilderness. Few supplies, limited heat, and only a hand crank signalling device for communication make survival iffy at best as search teams struggle to find them. John Wayne shows anguish but only when his fellow crew isn't looking. Based on a true incident adapted into Gann's novel; decades of legal nonsense kept this film from being viewed.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Walter Abel	Actor	6-Jun-1898	26-Mar-1987	The Three Musketeers
Herbert Anderson	Actor	30-Mar-1917	11-Jun-1994	Henry Mitchell on Dennis the Menace
James Arness	Actor	26-May-1923	3-Jun-2011	Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke
Harry Carey, Jr.	Actor	16-May-1921	27-Dec-2012	The Whales of August
George Chandler	Actor	30-Jun-1898	10-Jun-1985	Uncle Petrie on Lassie
Mike Connors	Actor	15-Aug-1925	26-Jan-2017	Mannix
Andy Devine	Actor	7-Oct-1905	18-Feb-1977	Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Frank Fenton	Actor	9-Apr-1906	24-Jul-1957	Isle of Forgotten Sins
Paul Fix	Actor	13-Mar-1901	14-Oct-1983	Marshal Torrance on The Rifleman
Louis Jean Heydt	Actor	17-Apr-1905	29-Jan-1960	American character actor
Darryl Hickman	Actor	28-Jul-1931		The Happy Years
Gordon Jones	Actor	5-Apr-1911	20-Jun-1963	The Green Hornet
Allyn Joslyn	Actor	21-Jul-1901	21-Jan-1981	Only Angels Have Wings
Jimmy Lydon	Actor	30-May-1923		Andy Boone on So This Is Hollywood
Sean McClory	Actor	8-Mar-1924	10-Dec-2003	The Quiet Man
Lloyd Nolan	Actor	11-Aug-1902	27-Sep-1985	Dr. Chegley on Julia
Bob Steele	Actor	23-Jan-1907	21-Dec-1988	Trooper Duffy on F Troop
Carl Switzer	Actor	7-Aug-1927	21-Jan-1959	Alfalfa in Our Gang
Regis Toomey	Actor	13-Aug-1898	12-Oct-1991	Burke's Law
John Wayne	Actor	26-May-1907	11-Jun-1979	The Duke

CAST

John Wayne	...   Capt. Dooley
Co-Starring
Lloyd Nolan	...   Stutz
Walter Abel	...   Col. Fuller
James Arness	...   McMullen
Andy Devine	...   Moon
With
Allyn Joslyn	...   J. H. Handy
Jimmy Lydon	...   Murray
Harry Carey, Jr.	...   Hunt
Hal Baylor	...   Stankowski
Sean McClory	...   Frank Lovatt
Wally Cassell	...   D'Annunzia
Gordon Jones	...   Walrus
and
Frank Fenton	...   Capt. Turner
Robert Keys	...   Maj. Ditson
Sumner Getchell	...   Lt. Cord
Regis Toomey	...   Sgt. Harper
Paul Fix	...   Miller
Jim Dugan	...   Gidley
George Chandler	...   Rene
Louis Jean Heydt	...   Fitch
Bob Steele	...   Wilson
Darryl Hickman	...   Swanson
Mike Connors	...   Gainer
Carl Switzer	...   Hopper
Cass Gidley	...   Stannish
Herbert Anderson	...   Breezy
Tony De Mario	...   Ogden

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