No Highway in the Sky

No Highway in the Sky

EXCITEMENT and SUSPENSE 18,000 Feet Over the Atlantic!

1951 · 98 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, Thriller

James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.

Directed by Henry Koster · Written by Alec Coppel

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James Stewart Theodore Honey
Glynis Johns Marjorie Corder
Marlene Dietrich Monica Teasdale
Janette Scott Elspeth Honey
Jack Hawkins Dennis Scott
Elizabeth Allan Shirley Scott
Ronald Squire Sir John, Director
Wilfrid Hyde-White Fisher, Inspector of Accidents (uncredited)
Bessie Love Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Jill Clifford Peggy, Stewardess
Felix Aylmer
Douglas Bradley-Smith

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