Island in the Sky

6.3

109 minutes

9/5/1953

Overview

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.

Cast List

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
Billy Lee Aimone
as Boy (uncredited)