No Highway in the Sky
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| Directed by | Henry Koster |
| Produced by | Louis D. Lighton |
| Written by | Alec Coppel Oscar Millard R.C. Sherriff |
| Starring | James Stewart Marlene Dietrich Glynis Johns Jack Hawkins |
| Music by | Malcolm Arnold |
| Cinematography | Georges Périnal |
| Editing by | Manuel del Campo |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) |  June 28, 1951 September 21, 1951 |
| Running time | 98 min. |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
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No Highway in the Sky is a 1951 British disaster film directed by Henry Koster and starring James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich. The film is based on the novel No Highway by Nevil Shute, and was one of the first films that involved a potential airplane crash.
[edit] Plot
The film follows Theodore Honey (James Stewart), an aeronautical engineer leaving London to investigate a plane crash in Labrador, which he theorizes occurs because of a structural flaw in the plane's design. It isn't until Honey is aboard the Reindeer class plane that he realizes he himself is flying one such plane, and that it is due to crash in a matter of hours. Honey decides to warn the passengers and crew, including actress Monica Teasdale (Marlene Dietrich), despite not being sure of his theory.
[edit] Cast
James Stewart as Theodore Honey
Marlene Dietrich as Monica Teasdale
Glynis Johns as Marjorie Corder
Jack Hawkins as Dennis Scott
Janette Scott as Elspeth Honey
Elizabeth Allan as Shirley Scott
Ronald Squire as Sir John, Director
Jill Clifford as Peggy, Stewardess
[edit] External links
- No Highway in the Sky at the Internet Movie Database
- No Highway in the Sky at the TCM Movie Database
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