High Flight
5.6
“The wide sky its stage...the whole range of human emotions its back-drop...in the super-charged drama of the men who fly today's top-secret jets !”
The Commanding Officer of an RAF Training School must deal with a difficult cadet, but the cadet reminds the C.O. of himself when young.
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Cast
22 people
Ray Milland
Wing Commander Rudge
Known for
Dial M for Murder
The Lost Weekend
Bernard Lee
Flight Sergeant Harris
Known for
From Russia with Love
The Third Man
Kenneth Haigh
Anthony 'Tony' Winchester
Known for
Cleopatra
Robin and Marian
Kenneth Fortescue
John Fletcher
Also in
The Mirror Crack'd
The Brides of Fu Manchu
Sean Kelly
Cadet Day
Known for
The Cowboys
633 Squadron
Helen Cherry
Louise Dawson
Known for
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Last Holiday
Anthony Newley
Roger Endicott
Known for
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Doctor Dolittle
Leslie Phillips
Blake
Known for
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Empire of the Sun
John Le Mesurier
Commandant
Known for
Dad's Army
Jabberwocky
Richard Wattis
Wilson
Known for
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Prince and the Showgirl
Kynaston Reeves
Air Minister
Known for
Fiend Without a Face
School for Scoundrels
Richard Bennett
Cadet Phillips
Also in
Richard III
The Tell-Tale Heart
John Gilling Director · Ken Hughes Writer Joseph Landon Writer
United States release April 1, 1958 · Produced in United States · Production Columbia Pictures
Production
Warwick Film Productions
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · September 17, 1957
Theatrical
United States · April 1, 1958
Theatrical
Austria
January 1, 1958 · Theatrical
Denmark
March 7, 1958 · Theatrical
Finland
February 17, 1958 · Theatrical
Germany
December 6, 1957 · Theatrical
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