Island in the Sky

Island in the Sky

109 mins | Drama, Adventure | Sept. 5, 1953

A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue.

Island in the Sky

109 mins | Drama, Adventure | Sept. 5, 1953

Island in the Sky
A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Wayne-Fellows Productions
Original title Island in the Sky
Directors William A. Wellman
Writers Ernest K. Gann

Cast

John Wayne

as Captain Dooley

Lloyd Nolan

as Captain Stutz

Walter Abel

as Col. Fuller

James Arness

as Mac McMullen

Andy Devine

as Willie Moon

Allyn Joslyn

as J.H. Handy

Jimmy Lydon

as Murray, Dooley's navigator

Harry Carey, Jr.

as Ralph Hunt, Moon's co-pilot

Hal Baylor

as Stankowski, Dooley's engineer

Sean McClory

as Frank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot

Wally Cassell

as D'Annunzia, Dooley's radioman

Gordon Jones

as Walrus

Frank Fenton

as Captain Turner

Robert Keys

as Major Ditson

Sumner Getchell

as Lieutenant Cord

Regis Toomey

as Sergeant Harper

Paul Fix

as Wally Miller

Jim Dugan

as Gidley

George Chandler

as Rene

Louis Jean Heydt

as Fitch

Bob Steele

as Wilson

Darryl Hickman

as Swanson

Mike Connors

as Gainer

Cass Gidley

as Stannish

Herbert Anderson

as Breezy

Anthony De Mario

as Ogden

Ann Doran

as Moon's Wife (uncredited)

Fess Parker

as Fitch's Co-Pilot (uncredited)

William A. Wellman

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Dawn Bender

as Murray's Wife

Carl Switzer

as Sonny Hopper