Das letzte Signal (1953)
In der rauhen und eisigen Gegend im Norden von Kanada bis zu den Ausläufern der Arktis fliegen kurz nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg nur eine Handvoll Männer Transportflugzeuge für alle möglichen und notwendigen Güter. Dooley (John Wayne) kommt durch schlechtes Wetter vom Kurs ab und muss dann mit seiner Crew in völlig unbekannten und unerforschten Gebiet notlanden. Ein gnadenloser Kampf um das Überleben beginnt, es fehlt an Nahrung und tauglicher Kleidund und ein arktischer Sturm ist im Anlauf. Währenddessen suchen seine Pilotenkameraden und ihre Crews aus der Luft ihren Freund und riskieren dabei ihr eigenes Leben in dieser unerschlossenen Eiswüste...
Der Regisseur:
William A. Wellman
Der Autor:
Ernest K. Gann
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John Wayne as Captain Dooley |
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Lloyd Nolan as Captain Stutz |
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Walter Abel as Col. Fuller |
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James Arness as Mac McMullen |
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Andy Devine as Willie Moon |
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Allyn Joslyn as J.H. Handy |
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Jimmy Lydon as Murray, Dooley's navigator |
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Harry Carey, Jr. as Ralph Hunt, Moon's co-pilot |
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Hal Baylor as Stankowski, Dooley's engineer |
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Sean McClory as Frank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot |
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Wally Cassell as D'Annunzia, Dooley's radioman |
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Gordon Jones as Walrus |
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Frank Fenton as Captain Turner |
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Robert Keys as Major Ditson |
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Sumner Getchell as Lieutenant Cord |
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Regis Toomey as Sergeant Harper |
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Paul Fix as Wally Miller |
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Jim Dugan as Gidley |
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George Chandler as Rene |
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Louis Jean Heydt as Fitch |
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Bob Steele as Wilson |
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Darryl Hickman as Swanson |
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Mike Connors as Gainer |
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Cass Gidley as Stannish |
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Herbert Anderson as Breezy |
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Anthony De Mario as Ogden |
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Ann Doran as Moon's Wife (uncredited) |
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Fess Parker as Fitch's Co-Pilot (uncredited) |
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William A. Wellman as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Dawn Bender as Murray's Wife |
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Carl Switzer as Sonny Hopper |
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Billy Lee Aimone as Boy (uncredited) |
| Directing | William A. Wellman | Director |
| Production | Robert Fellows | Producer |
| Production | John Wayne | Producer |
| Writing | Ernest K. Gann | Screenplay |
| Sound | Emil Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Archie Stout | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ralph Dawson | Editor |
| Writing | Ernest K. Gann | Novel |
| Art | James Basevi | Art Direction |
| Production | Nate H. Edwards | Production Manager |
| Directing | Andrew V. McLaglen | Assistant Director |
| Camera | William H. Clothier | Aerial Camera |
| Directing | Sam Freedle | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Joseph La Bella | Property Master |
| Crew | Alex Weldon | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carl Walker | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Web Overlander | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | William A. Mueller | Sound |
| Camera | Don Christy | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Earl Crain Sr. | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Ralph S. Hurst | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Ernest K. Gann | Technical Advisor |
| Sound | Ed Borschell | Sound Recordist |
