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The Man in the Sky
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Runtime
87 min
Status
Released
Language
EN
Popularity
1.9
Director
Charles Crichton
Writers
John Eldridge, William Rose

The Man in the Sky

1957 · ⭐ 7.7 · Votes: 5
“Dare-devil test pilot takes you on a nerve-tingling adventure!”
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.

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