The Man in the Sky
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“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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Cast
18 people
Jack Hawkins
John Mitchell
Known for
Lawrence of Arabia
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Elizabeth Sellars
Mary Mitchell
Known for
The Barefoot Contessa
The Mummy's Shroud
Walter Fitzgerald
Reginald Conway
Known for
Treasure Island
The Fallen Idol
Eddie Byrne
Ashmore
Known for
Star Wars
The Mummy
John Stratton
Peter Hook
Known for
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
The Cruel Sea
Victor Maddern
Joe Biggs
Known for
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Carry On Cleo
Lionel Jeffries
Keith
Known for
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Murder Ahoy
Donald Pleasence
Crabtree
Known for
Halloween
Prince of Darkness
Catherine Lacey
Mary's mother
Known for
The Servant
The Sorcerers
Megs Jenkins
Mrs. Snowden
Known for
The Innocents
Murder Most Foul
Ernest Clark
Maine
Known for
The Dam Busters
Arabesque
Jeremy Bodkin
Nicholas Mitchell
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The Flying Scot
Charles Crichton Director · William Rose Screenplay John Eldridge Screenplay
Worldwide gross $500K · Budget $486K · First release January 8, 1957
Box office
Budget
$486,000
Worldwide gross
$500,000
Gross vs. budget
1.0×
Production
Ealing Studios
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 8, 1957
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No release date listed for United States.
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