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Reach for the Sky (15-Oct-1956)

Director: Lewis Gilbert

Writers: Lewis Gilbert; Vernon Harris

Based on a book: Reach for the Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader by Paul Brickhill

Music Composed by: John Addison

Producer: Daniel M. Angel

Keywords: Drama, Biography, Disability

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Dorothy Alison
Actor
4-Apr-1925 17-Jan-1992 See No Evil
Lyndon Brook
Actor
10-Apr-1926 9-Jan-2004 Reach for the Sky
Eddie Byrne
Actor
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Michael Gough
Actor
23-Nov-1917 17-Mar-2011 Alfred in Batman films
Nigel Green
Actor
15-Oct-1924 15-May-1972 The Ipcress File
Alexander Knox
Actor
16-Jan-1907 25-Apr-1995 Wilson
Howard Marion-Crawford
Actor
17-Jan-1914 24-Nov-1969 Dr. Watson on Sherlock Holmes
Kenneth More
Actor
20-Sep-1914 12-Jul-1982 The Admirable Crichton
Lee Patterson
Actor
31-Mar-1929 14-Feb-2007 One Life to Live
Muriel Pavlow
Actor
27-Jun-1921 19-Jan-2019 Murder She Said
Eric Pohlmann
Actor
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Sydney Tafler
Actor
31-Jul-1916 8-Nov-1979 The Lavender Hill Mob
Jack Watling
Actor
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CAST

Kenneth More   ...   Douglas Bader
Also Starring
Muriel Pavlow   ...   Thelma Bader
Lyndon Brook   ...   Johnny Sanderson
Lee Patterson   ...   Turner
Alexander Knox   ...   Mr. Joyce
With
Dorothy Alison   ...   Nurse Brace
Michael Warre   ...   Harry Day
Sydney Tafler   ...   Robert Desoutter
Howard Marion-Crawford   ...   Woody Woodhall
Jack Watling   ...   Peel
Walter Hudd   ...   Air Vice-Marshal Halahan
Ernest Clark   ...   Base Commander
Nigel Green   ...   Streatfield
Anne Leon   ...   Sister Thornhill
Charles Carson   ...   Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
Ronald Adam   ...   Air Vice-Marshal Leigh-Mallory
Basil Appleby   ...   Crowley-Milling
Philip Stainton   ...   Police Constable
Eddie Byrne   ...   Flight Sergeant Mills
Beverly Brooks   ...   Sally
Michael Ripper   ...   Warrant Officer West
Derek Blomfield   ...   Civilian Pilot
Avice Landone   ...   Douglas Bader's Mother
Eric Pohlmann   ...   Adjutant of Prison Camp
Michael Gough   ...   Flying Instructor Pearson
Harry Locke   ...   Bates
Sam Kydd   ...   Warrant Officer Blake

REVIEWS

Review by Nigel Williamson (posted on 1-Aug-2008)

A cracking biography of Douglas Bader, who, despite having lost both his legs in a flying accident in the Thirties, went on to become one of the Royal Air Force's fighter aces during The Battle of Britain, flying Spitfire's against the Luftwaffe as a squadron and then Wing Commander, and went on to form the 'big-wing' tactic that proved so successful against the german air forces. Bader was the pilot that led the victory fly-past over London of the RAF who had defended it so well. Ken More plays the part with typical english gung-ho and RAF plumminess, epitomising all the dash and verve the English were so in need of in the stark realities of post-war recovery in Britain. Watch this film to see how REAL heroes were made(or how the English thought they were, anyway!)


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