THE MAN IN THE SKY is a strong little British aviation drama with a simple yet thrilling premise. Jack Hawkins plays the everyday pilot driven to new levels of heroism when the test plane he's flying develops an engine fault and he refuses to ditch it. I found huge similarities between this film and the modern-day likes of SPEED, but THE MAN IN THE SKY got there decades before. Hawkins is supported by a strong character cast in support that includes Elizabeth Sellars, Donald Pleasence, Lionel Jeffries, Victor Maddern and Eddie Byrne, but the real winner here is Charles Crichton, who wrings every drop of feeling and emotion out of his premise.
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