Reach for the Sky (1956)
Country: GB
Technical: bw 135m
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow, Alexander Knox
Synopsis:
The story of Douglas Bader, who during WW2 lost both legs in combat but continued to fly fighter planes with prosthetic limbs.
Review:
Remarkable true story heroics but a rather solemn and drawn out treatment, almost as if the facts spoke for themselves and things like story and pacing didn't matter. Still, a popular film in its day, no doubt because we were taking such a knocking in Egypt, and Gilbert marshals an immense cast of characters.
Country: GB
Technical: bw 135m
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow, Alexander Knox
Synopsis:
The story of Douglas Bader, who during WW2 lost both legs in combat but continued to fly fighter planes with prosthetic limbs.
Review:
Remarkable true story heroics but a rather solemn and drawn out treatment, almost as if the facts spoke for themselves and things like story and pacing didn't matter. Still, a popular film in its day, no doubt because we were taking such a knocking in Egypt, and Gilbert marshals an immense cast of characters.
Country: GB
Technical: bw 135m
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow, Alexander Knox
Synopsis:
The story of Douglas Bader, who during WW2 lost both legs in combat but continued to fly fighter planes with prosthetic limbs.
Review:
Remarkable true story heroics but a rather solemn and drawn out treatment, almost as if the facts spoke for themselves and things like story and pacing didn't matter. Still, a popular film in its day, no doubt because we were taking such a knocking in Egypt, and Gilbert marshals an immense cast of characters.