On the Threshold of Space (1956)
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The men behind America's first venture into space are honored in this drama that paid special emphasis on historical accuracy and obtained much input and assistance from the US Air Force. The story centers on an Air Force doctor who performs many detailed test to discover how the human body will respond to the rigors of space travel including its reactions to being ejected in a space capsule from 45,000 feet, to traveling 1,000 miles per hour in a rocket sled, and ascending to 100,000 feet in a balloon. His devoted wife supports him all the way even though he sometimes insists on using himself as a guinea pig. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Guy Madison, Virginia Leith, (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert D. Webb
Synopsis of On the Threshold of Space
The men behind America's first venture into space are honored in this drama that paid special emphasis on historical accuracy and obtained much input and assistance from the US Air Force. The story centers on an Air Force doctor who performs many detailed test to discover how the human body will respond to the rigors of space travel including its reactions to being ejected in a space capsule from 45,000 feet, to traveling 1,000 miles per hour in a rocket sled, and ascending to 100,000 feet in a balloon. His devoted wife supports him all the way even though he sometimes insists on using himself as a guinea pig. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of On the Threshold of Space
- Guy Madison - Capt. Jim Hollenbeck
- John Hodiak - Maj. Ward Thomas
- Warren Stevens - Capt. Mike Bentley
- King Calder - Lee Welch
- Don Murphy - Sgt. Zack Deming
- Richard Grant - Medic
- Carlyle Mitchell - George Atkins
- Juanita Close - Nurse
- Kenneth Clark - Sgt. Ike Forbes
- Joe Locke
- Charles Lind
- Virginia Leith - Pat Lange
- Dean Jagger - Dr. Hugh Thornton
- Martin Milner - Lt. Morton Glenn
- Walter Coy - Lt. Col. Masters
- Barry Coe - Communications Officer
- Ben Wright - Taxi Driver
- Robert Cornthwaite - Dawson
- Helen Bennett - Mrs. Lange
- David Armstrong
- Jo Gilbert - Secretary
- Director(s):
- Robert D. Webb
- Writer(s):
- Shimon Wincelberg, Francis Cockrell
- Producer(s):
- William Bloom
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