No Highway in the Sky (1951) | |
| Director(s) | Henry Koster |
| Producer(s) | Louis D. Lighton |
| Top Genres | Drama, Thriller/Suspense |
| Top Topics | Aviation |
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No Highway in the Sky (1951) was a Drama - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Henry Koster and produced by Louis D. Lighton.
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NO HIGHWAY IN THE SKY On Blu-ray From Kino
By Dan Day Jr. on Feb 14, 2017 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogIt's another classic film release from Kino Lorber, this time a somewhat obscure feature starring the one and only James Stewart. NO HIGHWAY IN THE SKY (1951) has Stewart as a fidgety aeronautics expert named Theodore Honey. Based in England, Honey is convinced that a new type of airplane known as ... Read full article
No Highway in the Sky (1951)
By Beatrice on Aug 18, 2015 From Flickers in TimeNo Highway in the Sky Directed by Henry Koster Written by R.C. Sherriff, Oscar Millard, and Alec Coppel from a novel by Nevil Shute 1951/UK Twentieth Century Fox Productions First viewing/Amazon Instant This one came out of nowhere to delight me. Widower Theodore Honey (James Stewart) is the ve... Read full article
No Highway in the Sky ( 1951 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Apr 16, 2014 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversWhen No Highway in the Sky was released in 1951, James Stewart had established a reputation for playing everyday heroes and champions of social justice in such films as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( 1939 ) and The Mortal Storm ( 1940 ). In this British-made film, based on a novel by Nevil Shute (... Read full article
No Highway in the Sky ( 1951 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Apr 16, 2014 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversWhen No Highway in the Sky was released in 1951, James Stewart had already established a reputation for playing everyday heroes and champions of social justice in such films as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( 1939 ) and The Mortal Storm ( 1940 ). In this British-made film, based on a novel by Nevil... Read full article
No Highway in the Sky ( 1951 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Apr 16, 2014 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversWhen No Highway in the Sky was released in 1951, James Stewart had already established a reputation for playing everyday heroes and champions of social justice in such films as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( 1939 ) and The Mortal Storm ( 1940 ). In this British-made film, based on a novel by Nevil... Read full article
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Monica Teasdale: But you had a chance to play God for a little while, why did you pick me out?
Theodore Honey: Oh but you ought to live, the work you do.
Theodore Honey: You make people happy you've never even met. Like my wife Marian. You know she took me to see one of your pictures that last night before the bomb came. She talked about it a lot w hen we got home. You made that last night very happy for her. That's worth doing, Miss Teasdale. You know when we used to go to pictures, we used to walk right out when Marian didn't like them. We never walked out on one of your pictures.
Monica Teasdale: Mister Hoeny, this is not really the best compliment I've ever had, maybe it's the nicest.
Theodore Honey: That's why I had to tell you what I did. I have to do everything I can for you.
Monica Teasdale: You mean it too, don't you?
[cries]
Monica Teasdale: You scientists are always so busy figuring out things, why don't you figure out a mascara that won't run?
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The concept of an airliner suffering catastrophic failure due to metal fatigue after a certain number of flight cycles, as outlined in the 1948 novel and this 1951 film, came true with the failures of the de Havilland Comet in 1954. There are a number of eerie parallels between the fictional account and the later actual events.
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