Top of the World (1955)
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The title refers not to James Cagney's curtain line in White Heat but to Northern Alaska, where this film is set. Dale Robertson plays an Air Force jet pilot who resents the fact that he's been transferred from Hawaii to the frozen north. He changes his mind when he meets his ex-wife (Evelyn Keyes), now the proprietress of an Alaskan nightclub. Alas, Evelyn is planning to get married again -- and her intended is none other than her ex-husband's commanding officer (Frank Lovejoy)! Hostilities build to a fever pitch, but all petty differences are forgotten when the commander oversees a rescue mission to save the pilot and his crew from a floating glacier. The aerial photography is the most entertaining ingredient of Top of the World. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Dale Robertson - Maj. Lee Gannon
- Frank Lovejoy - Maj. Cantrell
- Paul Fix - Maj. French
- Peter Hansen - Capt. Cochrane
- Russ Conway - Col. Nelson
- David McMahon - Brownie, the Bartender
- William Schallert - Capt. Harding
- Evelyn Keyes - Virgie Rayne, Mrs. Gannon
- Nancy Gates - Lt. Mary Ross
- Robert Arthur - Lt. Skippy McGuire
- Nick Dennis - Sgt. Cappi
- Peter Bourne - Lt. Johnson
- Marya Marco - Koora
- Director(s):
- Lewis R. Foster
- Writer(s):
- John Klorer, N. Richard Nash
- Producer(s):
- Lewis R. Foster, Michael Baird
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