Island in the Sky (1953)

Directors

William A. Wellman

Cast

John Wayne, Lloyd Nolan, Walter Abel, James Arness, Andy Devine, Allyn Joslyn

The story

Pilot John Dooley and the crew of a World War II-era Douglas C-47 Skytrain (the military version of the DC-3) experience icy conditions and are forced to execute an emergency landing on a frozen lake in the uncharted wildlands near the Quebec–Labrador border. Dooley is a former airline pilot who had been pressed into duty hauling war supplies across the northern route to England. Far from settled country, the survivors can provide only an approximate position to rescuers.

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