Main Cast: Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty, David Knight, Eunice Gayson
Release Year: 1955
Country: US/UK
Run Time: 88 minutes
Plot
Basil Dearden was co-producer and co-director of the British "slice of life" drama Out of the Clouds. Filmed in quasi-documentary fashion, the story takes place during one unusually busy day at London's Heathrow Airport. The dramatis personae includes Gus Randall (Anthony Steel), a pilot with a chronic (and potentially fatal) gambling weakness; chief duty officer Nick Milbourne (Robert Beatty), who yearns to be a pilot himself; American engineer Bill (David Lorenz), who finds romance in the form of Jewish girl Leah (Margo Lorenz); and Captain Brent (James Robertson Justice), whose doubts about a new aircraft prove to be well-founded. The obligatory romantic triangle involves Gus, Nick and airline -hostess Penny Henson (Eunice Gayson). Out of the Clouds is an intriguing small-scale precursor to the Airport school of multicharactered drama. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Jim Morahan - Art Director, Anthony Mendleson - Costume Designer, Basil Dearden - Director, Michael Relph - Director, Jack Harris - Editor, Richard Addinsell - Composer (Music Score), Dock Mathieson - Musical Direction/Supervision, Paul Beeson - Cinematographer, Jeff Seaholme - Cinematographer, Basil Dearden - Producer, Michael Relph - Producer, Michael Relph - Screenwriter, Rex Rienits - Screenwriter, John Eldridge - Screenwriter, John Fores - Book Author
