Toward the Unknown (1956)

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The story of a US Air Force major who was captured during the Korean War, and cracked signing a confession. After his release he ultimately arrives at Edwards Air Force base and works for his old buddy, now base commander. And runs into an old love forming the romantic triangle sub plot. But the main story line is the testing of high speed aircraft and the two main characters restoring their trust in each other. The aviation story line centers on the testing of the testing of the Gilbert XF-120 fighter, which suffers structural problems. And who will test the rocket powered X-2, designed to fly to the edge of space.

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1956-09-27

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test pilot supersonic flight

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Runtime: 115 mins Rating: 7.0 Tag Line: HURTLING ACROSS THE HEAVENS AT 95,000 FEET!

Cast

Charles McGraw

Col. 'Mickey' McKee

William Holden

Maj. Lincoln Bond

L.Q. Jones

2nd Lt. Sweeney

Paul Fix

Lt. Gen. Bryan Shelby

Murray Hamilton

Maj. Bromo Lee

Karen Steele

Polly Craven

James Garner

Lt. Col. Joe Craven

Lloyd Nolan

Brig. Gen. Bill Banner

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