Toward the Unknown
6.5
“Somewhere at a secluded U.S. Air Force Base lives a picked handful of very special men — the rocket pilots of outer space and the eerie experimental craft that rule the skies beyond the sky...”
Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active service as a test pilot. Determined to clear his name, Bond battles a hard-nosed base commander, prejudiced officers and his own insecurities.
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Cast
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William Holden
Maj. Lincoln Bond
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Lloyd Nolan
Brig. Gen. Bill Banner
Known for
Hannah and Her Sisters
Island in the Sky
Virginia Leith
Connie Mitchell
Known for
Fear and Desire
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Charles McGraw
Col. 'Mickey' McKee
Known for
The Birds
The Narrow Margin
Murray Hamilton
Maj. Bromo Lee
Known for
Jaws
The Graduate
Paul Fix
Lt. Gen. Bryan Shelby
Known for
To Kill a Mockingbird
Zabriskie Point
James Garner
Lt. Col. Joe Craven
Known for
The Notebook
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
L.Q. Jones
2nd Lt. Sweeney
Known for
The Mask of Zorro
Casino
Karen Steele
Polly Craven
Known for
Ride Lonesome
Marty
Bartlett Robinson
Sen. Black
Known for
Sleeper
The Spirit of St. Louis
Malcolm Atterbury
Hank
Known for
The Birds
Rio Bravo
Ralph Moody
Harvey Gilbert
Known for
Road to Bali
Mervyn LeRoy Director · Beirne Lay Jr. Writer Paul Baron Composer
Budget $2.2M · United States release September 27, 1956 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$2,200,000
Production
Toluca Productions
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 27, 1956
Theatrical
Germany
March 28, 1957 · Theatrical
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