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70% Critic Match
No Highway in the Sky
“EXCITEMENT and SUSPENSE 18,000 Feet Over the Atlantic!”
7.0 / 10• 1951• 1h 38m•NR• English
DramaThriller
Storyline
James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.
Cast & Crew
James Stewart
Theodore Honey
Lead
Glynis Johns
Marjorie Corder
Marlene Dietrich
Monica Teasdale
Janette Scott
Elspeth Honey
Jack Hawkins
Dennis Scott
Elizabeth Allan
Shirley Scott
Ronald Squire
Sir John, Director
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Fisher, Inspector of Accidents (uncredited)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Henry Koster's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. No Highway in the Sky is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
