Reach for the Sky (1956)
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 (3.244)
Releasedate: 5 July 1956
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.
Actors and actresses
Douglas Bader
Thelma Bader
Johnny Sanderson
Turner
Mr. Joyce
Nurse Brace
Harry Day
Robert Desoutter
'Woody' Woodhall
Peel
Reviews & comments
Movsin
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- 8331 messages
- 8448 votes
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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- 2462 messages
- 2846 votes
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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