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With John Wayne, Lloyd Nolan, Walter Abel, James Arness. A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Quebec, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue.
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- Adventure, Drama
- William A. Wellman
- 1953-09-05
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.
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James Arness. Mac McMullen. Andy Devine. Willie Moon. Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. While flying supplies to England during World War II, Capt. Dooley (John Wayne)...
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- John Wayne
- William A. Wellman
- Drama
Director. 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.
The bond among airmen is tested here after Air Force Captain Dooley (Wayne) is forced to down his plane in the frozen, uncharted terrain of Canada’s Labrador region where he and his crew fight for survival in the face of ever-diminishing hopes of rescue.
When a transport plane goes down in the white-blindness of sub-arctic Labrador its crew is in dire straits: howling winds, icy weather, almost no food, and no shelter or heat source.