Island in the Sky

“He Fought Every Fury of Man and Mountain To Get Where His Woman Was!”

6.2/ 10 76 votes 1953-09-05 1h 49m 2 popularity

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.

Director: William A. Wellman

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Cast

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John Wayne

Captain Dooley

Lloyd Nolan

Captain Stutz

Walter Abel

Col. Fuller

James Arness

Mac McMullen

Andy Devine

Willie Moon

Allyn Joslyn

J.H. Handy

Jimmy Lydon

Murray, Dooley's navigator

Harry Carey Jr.

Ralph Hunt, Moon's co-pilot

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