No Highway in the Sky (1951)
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Henry Koster directs the 1951 aviation drama No Highway in the Sky, based on the novel by Nevil Shute. James Stewart stars as Theodore Honey, a widower and single parent to 11-year-old Elspeth (Janette Scott). He's also an absent-minded engineer who has formed a scientific theory about metal fatigue in a specific model of aircraft. He tries to convince British Airways that their airplanes will come apart after a certain amount of miles, but no one believes him. Then administrator Dennis Scott (Jack Hawkins) sends him on a flying mission to investigate a crash site in Newfoundland. Along the way, he meets stewardess Marjorie Corder (Glynnis Johns) and movie star Monica Teasdale (Marlene Dietrich). ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- James Stewart - Theodore Honey
- Glynis Johns - Marjorie Corder
- Ronald Squire - Sir John, the Director
- Kenneth More - Dobson
- Ben Williams - Guard
- Basil Appleby - 2nd Engineer
- Peter Murray - Radio Operator
- Dora Bryan - Rosie
- Bessie Love
- Maxwell Foster
- Hugh Wakefield - Sir David Moon
- Wilfred Walter - Tracy
- Cyril Smith - Airport Officer
- Roy Russell - Butler
- Stuart Nichol
- Marcel Poncin - Scientist
- Niall MacGinnis - Capt. Samuelson
- Tom Gill - RAF Pilot
- Hugh Cross - Director's Secretary
- Marlene Dietrich - Monica Teasdale
- Jack Hawkins - Dennis Scott
- Janette Scott - Elspeth Honey
- David Hutcheson - Penworthy
- Maurice Denham - Maj. Pearl
- Michael Kingsley - Navigator
- Elizabeth Allan - Shirley Scott
- Felix Aylmer - Sir Philip
- Philip Ray - Burroughs
- Douglas Bradley-Smith - Staff of Directors at Farnborough
- Michael McCarthy - Bus Conductor
- Karel Stepanek - Mannheim
- John Salew - Symes
- Philip Vickers - Control Officer
- Gerald Kent
- Hector MacGregor - 1st Engineer
- Wilfrid Hyde-White - Fisher
- Jill Clifford - Peggy
- Director(s):
- Henry Koster
- Writer(s):
- Alec Coppel, Oscar Millard, Nevil Shute
- Producer(s):
- Louis D. Lighton
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