Island in the Sky
“He Fought Every Fury of Man and Mountain To Get Where His Woman Was!”
A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while awaiting rescue.
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Cast
32 people
John Wayne
Captain Dooley
Known for
The Searchers
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Lloyd Nolan
Captain Stutz
Known for
Hannah and Her Sisters
Lady in the Lake
Walter Abel
Col. Fuller
Known for
Fury
Holiday Inn
James Arness
Mac McMullen
Known for
Them!
Gunsmoke
Andy Devine
Willie Moon
Known for
Robin Hood
Stagecoach
Allyn Joslyn
J.H. Handy
Known for
Only Angels Have Wings
Heaven Can Wait
Jimmy Lydon
Murray, Dooley's navigator
Known for
Life with Father
Joan of Arc
Harry Carey Jr.
Ralph Hunt, Moon's co-pilot
Known for
Back to the Future Part III
Trinity Is Still My Name
Hal Baylor
Stankowski, Dooley's engineer
Known for
A Boy and His Dog
The Set-Up
Sean McClory
Frank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot
Known for
Them!
The Quiet Man
Wally Cassell
D'Annunzia, Dooley's radioman
Known for
White Heat
Sands of Iwo Jima
Gordon Jones
Walrus
Known for
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
A Foreign Affair
William A. Wellman Director · Ernest K. Gann Screenplay Emil Newman Composer
Worldwide gross $2.8M · Budget $967K · United States release September 5, 1953
Box office
Budget
$967,000
Worldwide gross
$2,750,000
Gross vs. budget
2.8×
Production
Wayne-Fellows Productions
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 3, 1953
Premiere · Los Angeles, California
United States · September 5, 1953
Theatrical
Austria
September 1, 1955 · Theatrical
Belgium
September 5, 1953 · Theatrical
Denmark
September 5, 1953 · Theatrical
France
December 30, 1953 · Theatrical
August 30, 2026 · TV · Ciné+ Classic
Portugal
August 5, 1955 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 5, 1953 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 9, 1953 · Theatrical
April 27, 2007 · Physical · DVD
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