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Toward the Unknown (1956)

Toward the Unknown (1956)

Drama Romance

Somewhere at a secluded U.S. Air Force Base lives a picked handful of very special men — the rocket pilots of outer space and the eerie experimental craft that rule the skies beyond the sky...

Release Date: 1956, September 27
Directors: Mervyn LeRoy
Countries: United States of America
Production: Toluca Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures, Toluca Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast: James Garner, Murray Hamilton, L.Q. Jones, Lloyd Nolan, Paul Fix, William Holden, Charles McGraw, Malcolm Atterbury, Ralph Moody, Karen Steele, Maura Murphy, Bartlett Robinson

Overview:

Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active service as a test pilot. Determined to clear his name, Bond battles a hard-nosed base commander, prejudiced officers and his own insecurities.

Keywords:

love triangle u.s. air force proving oneself test pilot korean war veteran romantic rivalry pow military aviation air force base supersonic flight torture victim navy aviation experimental aircraft loss of confidence aging military man