John Wayne
Captain Dooley
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A C-47 transport plane crashes in the frozen wastes of Quebec and the pilot must keep his men alive until rescue. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more for this film.
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- Adventure, Drama
- William A. Wellman
- 1953-09-05
Language. English. Budget. $967,000 (estimated) Box office. $2.75 million (US) [1] Island in the Sky is a 1953 American aviation adventure drama film written by Ernest K. Gann based on his 1944 novel of the same name, directed by William A. Wellman and starring and coproduced by John Wayne.
Find out who starred in and worked on the 1953 adventure film Island in the Sky, directed by William A. Wellman and based on a novel by Ernest K. Gann. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers, and more on IMDb.
A C-47 transport plane crashes in the frozen wastes of Quebec and the pilot must keep his men alive until rescue. The film follows the search efforts of other pilots and the personal stories of the crew members.
Island in the Sky (1953) Movie Info Synopsis While flying supplies to England during World War II, Capt. Dooley (John Wayne) is forced to crash land his plane in the icy wilds of Canada.
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Island in the Sky -- (Original Trailer) it's a saga of survival as a WWII transport plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness in William Wellman's Island in the Sky (1953).
