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Reach for the Sky

Reach for the Sky (1956)

Drama | 135 minutes
3,09 33 votes
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Genre: Drama / War

Duration: 135 minuten

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Lewis Gilbert

Stars: Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow and Lyndon Brook

IMDb score: 7,2 (3.214)

Releasedate: 5 July 1956

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Reach for the Sky plot

Douglas Bader (Kenneth More) is a smooth pilot who loses both legs after a flying accident. He fights his way back into the cockpit, is shot down by the Nazis over France, becomes a prisoner of war, but manages to make it back to England, just in time to lead an air fleet of three thousand machines.

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Kenneth More Kenneth More

Douglas Bader

Muriel Pavlow Muriel Pavlow

Thelma Bader

Lyndon Brook Lyndon Brook

Johnny Sanderson

Lee Patterson Lee Patterson

Turner

Alexander Knox Alexander Knox

Mr. Joyce

Dorothy Alison Dorothy Alison

Nurse Brace

Michael Warre Michael Warre

Harry Day

Sydney Tafler Sydney Tafler

Robert Desoutter

Howard Marion-Crawford Howard Marion-Crawford

'Woody' Woodhall

Jack Watling Jack Watling

Peel

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Movsin

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26 November 2018 at 20:35

A widely spread homage to Douglas Bader. An unlikely but true story about this fighter pilot, an example of perseverance and courage.

Decent film, somewhat time-bound of course, but still interesting to hear all this. Interesting, but some episodes a bit long winded.

Film admits in its foreword that it has modified some characters and that not everything is chronologically correct, but that is the case in many biopics.

Kenneth More was definitely best cast for this role.

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T.O.

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23 July 2023 at 04:17

Typical British 'old chap' war romance, here and there on the edge of old-fashioned. Looks great, but never becomes special, partly because of the somewhat mediocre cast.
I found the most interesting part was the learning to walk again, I also wondered how that was achieved from a production point of view.

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