Directed by:
Robert D. WebbCinematography:
Joseph MacDonaldComposer:
Lyn MurrayCast:
Guy Madison, John Hodiak, Virginia Leith, Dean Jagger, Warren Stevens, Donald Murphy, Martin Milner, Ken Clark, Barry Coe, Robert Cornthwaite, Kenner G. Kemp (more)Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Guy Madison
USA
Best movies:
Since You Went Away (1944)
Blood of the Executioner (1963)
5 Against the House (1955)
John Hodiak
USA
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Lifeboat (1944)
Virginia Leith
USA
Best movies:
White Feather (1955)
Violent Saturday (1955)
A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
Dean Jagger
USA
Best movies:
The Nun's Story (1959)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
Vanishing Point (1971)
Warren Stevens
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Donald Murphy
USA
Best movies:
The Long Gray Line (1955)
Frankenstein's Daughter (1958)
Martin Milner
USA
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Dial M for Murder (1954)
Compulsion (1959)
Life with Father (1947)
Ken Clark
USA
Best movies:
The Proud Ones (1956)
Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
Operation Lady Chaplin (1966)
Barry Coe
USA
Best movies:
Peyton Place (1957)
The Bravados (1958)
D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)
Robert Cornthwaite
USA
Best movies:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Kenner G. Kemp
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Limelight (1952)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
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Bon Voyage! (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
Walter Coy
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Lusty Men (1952)
The Trap (1959)
King Calder
USA
Best movies:
The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)
David Armstrong
USA
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The Towering Inferno (1974)
Spartacus (1960)
A Star is Born (1954)