The Man in the Sky (1957)
The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself. At the Conway Aero-Manufacturing Company of Wolverhampton, Mitchell is to take the company's new rocket-propulsion transport plane up for tests, fully loaded and carrying two important passengers - Ministry official Crabtree and buyer's representative Ashmore. Mitchell learns from his boss, Reg Conway, that if Ashmore does not recommend the plane, the company will be out of business and Mitchell out of a job, since the plane is not even insured as the firm's entire capital is tied up in the plane. Aloft, an engine catches fire and the passengers and other crew bail out, but Mitchell refuses to obey orders to jettison the plane in the Irish Sea.
Director:
Charles Crichton
Writers:
John Eldridge, William Rose.
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Jack Hawkins as John Mitchell |
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Elizabeth Sellars as Mary Mitchell |
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Walter Fitzgerald as Reginald Conway |
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Eddie Byrne as Ashmore |
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John Stratton as Peter Hook |
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Victor Maddern as Joe Biggs |
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Lionel Jeffries as Keith |
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Donald Pleasence as Crabtree |
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Catherine Lacey as Mary's mother |
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Megs Jenkins as Mrs. Snowden |
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Ernest Clark as Maine |
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Jeremy Bodkin as Nicholas Mitchell |
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Gerard Lohan as Philip Mitchell |
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Howard Marion-Crawford as Ingrams |
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Russell Waters as Sim |
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Raymond Francis as |
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John Baddeley as |
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Mary Mackenzie as |
| Directing | Charles Crichton | Director |
| Writing | John Eldridge | Screenplay |
| Writing | William Rose | Screenplay |
| Writing | William Rose | Story |
| Production | Michael Balcon | Producer |
| Editing | Peter Tanner | Editor |
| Sound | Gerard Schurmann | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Douglas Slocombe | Director of Photography |
| Art | Jim Morahan | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Harry Frampton | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Roy Gough | Still Photographer |
| Production | Seth Holt | Associate Producer |
