X-15 (1961)
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This oddly technical drama about three test pilots for the X-15 devotes a great deal of time to scientific explanations and militarese, leaving slightly less time to examine the personal lives and motivations of the three pilots. The head honcho among the pilots is Lt. Col. Lee Brandon (Charles Bronson in a good performance), and Mary Tyler Moore makes her first feature-length film appearance as one of the Air Force wives who are in the background of their husbands' careers. Narrated by James Stewart, this drama was released just when the X-15 aircraft was breaking flight records. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- David McLean, Charles Bronson, (more)
- Director(s):
- Richard Donner
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of X-15
This oddly technical drama about three test pilots for the X-15 devotes a great deal of time to scientific explanations and militarese, leaving slightly less time to examine the personal lives and motivations of the three pilots. The head honcho among the pilots is Lt. Col. Lee Brandon (Charles Bronson in a good performance), and Mary Tyler Moore makes her first feature-length film appearance as one of the Air Force wives who are in the background of their husbands' careers. Narrated by James Stewart, this drama was released just when the X-15 aircraft was breaking flight records. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 107 mins
Complete Cast of X-15
- David McLean - Matt Powell
- Ralph Taeger - Maj. Ernest Wilde
- Kenneth Tobey - Col. Craig Brewster
- Mary Tyler Moore - Pamela Stewart
- Lisabeth Hush - Diane Wilde
- Lauren Gilbert - Col. Jessup
- Chuck Stanford - Lt. Cmdr. Joe Lacrosse
- Robert Dornan - Test Engineer
- Darlene Hendricks - Nurse
- Richard Norris - Operator
- Lee Giroux
- Charles Bronson - Lt. Col. Lee Brandon
- Brad Dexter - Maj. Anthony Rinaldi
- James Gregory - Torn Deparma
- Patricia Owens - Margaret Brandon
- Stanley Livingston - Mike Brandon
- Phil Dean - Maj. McCully
- Patty McDonald - Susan Brandon
- Frank Watkins - Security Policeman
- James Stewart - Narrator
- Pat Renella - Engineers
- Jerry Lawrence
- Director(s):
- Richard Donner
- Writer(s):
- James Warner Bellah
- Producer(s):
- Frank Sinatra
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