The Man in the Sky

Synopsis

The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself. At the Conway Aero-Manufacturing Company of Wolverhampton, Mitchell is to take the company's new rocket-propulsion transport plane up for tests, fully loaded and carrying two important passengers - Ministry official Crabtree and buyer's representative Ashmore. Mitchell learns from his boss, Reg Conway, that if Ashmore does not recommend the plane, the company will be out of business and Mitchell out of a job, since the plane is not even insured as the firm's entire capital is tied up in the plane. Aloft, an engine catches fire and the passengers and other crew bail out, but Mitchell refuses to obey orders to jettison the plane in the Irish Sea.

Main Cast

Jack Hawkins

John Mitchell

Age : 62 | Popularity : 62%

Elizabeth Sellars

Mary Mitchell

Age : 98 | Popularity : 21%

Walter Fitzgerald

Reginald Conway

Age : N/A | Popularity : 39%

Eddie Byrne

Ashmore

Age : 70 | Popularity : 23%

John Stratton

Peter Hook

Age : 65 | Popularity : 25%

Victor Maddern

Joe Biggs

Age : N/A | Popularity : 59%

Lionel Jeffries

Keith

Age : 83 | Popularity : 44%

Donald Pleasence

Crabtree

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Story	William Rose
	Screenplay	William Rose John Eldridge
Directing	Director	Charles Crichton
Production	Producer	Michael Balcon
	Associate Producer	Seth Holt
Editing	Editor	Peter Tanner
Camera	Director of Photography	Douglas Slocombe
	Still Photographer	Roy Gough
Sound	Original Music Composer	Gerard Schurmann
Art	Art Direction	Jim Morahan
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Harry Frampton
Department	Role	Name

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