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Island in the Sky

Directed by William A. Wellman

AdventureDrama

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.

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Captain Dooley

Captain Stutz

Col. Fuller

Mac McMullen

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Andy Devine

Willie Moon

J.H. Handy

Murray, Dooley's navigator

Harry Carey, Jr.

Ralph Hunt, Moon's co-pilot

Stankowski, Dooley's engineer

Frank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot

D'Annunzia, Dooley's radioman

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Captain Turner

Major Ditson

Sumner Getchell

Lieutenant Cord

Sergeant Harper

Wally Miller

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George Chandler

Rene

Louis Jean Heydt

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What is Island in the Sky about?

Island in the Sky is about 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.

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William A. Wellman directed Island in the Sky.

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