Reach for the Sky
Reach for the Sky
Release: 1956-07-05
·Runtime: 135m
·★ 6.8
War
Drama
The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
The Rank Organisation
Angel Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Lee Patterson
as Turner
Walter Hudd
as Air Vice-Marshal Halahan
Trevor Bannister
as Man Listening to Radio
Muriel Pavlow
as Thelma Bader
Philip Stainton
as Police Constable
Nigel Green
as Streatfeild
Eric Pohlmann
as Adjutant of Prison Camp
Harry Locke
as Bates
Peter Byrne
as Civilian Pilot Witnessing Bader's Crash
Dorothy Alison
as Nurse Brace
Ronald Adam
as Air Vice-Marshal Leigh-Mallory
Eddie Byrne
as Flight Sergeant Mills
Basil Dignam
as Air Ministry Doctor
Lyndon Brook
as Johnny Sanderson
Sydney Tafler
as Robert Desoutter
Howard Marion-Crawford
as 'Woody' Woodhall
Jack Watling
as Peel
Ernest Clark
as Wing Commander Beiseigel
Michael Ripper
as Warrant Officer West
Sam Kydd
as Warrant Officer Blake
Barry Letts
as Tommy
Kenneth More
as Douglas Bader
Charles Carson
as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
Beverley Brooks
as Sally
Michael Gough
as Flying Instructor Pearson
Alexander Knox
as Mr. Joyce
Derek Blomfield
as Civilian Pilot
Avice Landone
as Douglas Bader's Mother
Anton Diffring
as German Stabsfeldwebel
