Movie
Island in the Sky
Released: September 5, 1953 (1953)
Runtime: 109 minutes
Genres: Adventure, Drama
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Walter Abel as Col. Fuller
Age at release: 55
- Allyn Joslyn as J.H. Handy
Age at release: 52
- Lloyd Nolan as Captain Stutz
Age at release: 51
- Andy Devine as Willie Moon
Age at release: 47
- John Wayne as Captain Dooley
Age at release: 46
- Hal Baylor as Stankowski, Dooley's engineer
Age at release: 34
- Harry Carey, Jr. as Ralph Hunt, Moon's co-pilot
Age at release: 32
- James Arness as Mac McMullen
Age at release: 30
- Jimmy Lydon as Murray, Dooley's navigator
Age at release: 30
- Sean McClory as Frank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot
Age at release: 29
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- Regis Toomey as Sergeant Harper
Age at release: 55
- George Chandler as Rene
Age at release: 55
- Paul Fix as Wally Miller
Age at release: 52
- Louis Jean Heydt as Fitch
Age at release: 50
- Frank Fenton as Captain Turner
Age at release: 47
- Sumner Getchell as Lieutenant Cord
Age at release: 46
- Bob Steele as Wilson
Age at release: 46
- Gordon Jones as Walrus
Age at release: 42
- Ann Doran as Moon's Wife (uncredited)
Age at release: 42
- Wally Cassell as D'Annunzia, Dooley's radioman
Age at release: 41
- Herbert Anderson as Breezy
Age at release: 36
- Anthony De Mario as Ogden
Age at release: 35
- Robert Keys as Major Ditson
Age at release: 32
- Fess Parker as Fitch's Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Age at release: 29
- Mike Connors as Gainer
Age at release: 28
- Carl Switzer as Sonny Hopper
Age at release: 26
- Darryl Hickman as Swanson
Age at release: 22
- Dawn Bender as Murray's Wife
Age at release: 18
- Jim Dugan as Gidley
Age at release: Unknown
- Cass Gidley as Stannish
Age at release: Unknown