Main Cast: David McLean, Charles Bronson, Ralph Taeger, Brad Dexter, Kenneth Tobey
Release Year: 1961
Country: US
Run Time: 107 minutes
Plot
This oddly technical drama about three test pilots for the X-15 devotes a great deal of time to scientific explanations and militarese, leaving slightly less time to examine the personal lives and motivations of the three pilots. The head honcho among the pilots is Lt. Col. Lee Brandon (Charles Bronson in a good performance), and Mary Tyler Moore makes her first feature-length film appearance as one of the Air Force wives who are in the background of their husbands' careers. Narrated by James Stewart, this drama was released just when the X-15 aircraft was breaking flight records. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
James Gregory - Torn Deparma; Mary Tyler Moore - Pamela Stewart; Patricia Owens - Margaret Brandon; Lisabeth Hush - Diane Wilde; Stanley Livingston - Mike Brandon; Lauren Gilbert - Col. Jessup; Phil Dean - Maj. McCully; Chuck Stanford - Lt. Cmdr. Joe Lacrosse; Patty McDonald - Susan Brandon; Robert Dornan - Test Engineer; Frank Watkins - Security Policeman; Darlene Hendricks - Nurse; James Stewart - Narrator; Jerry Lawrence; Pat Renella - Engineers; Lee Giroux; Richard Norris - Operator
Credit
Rolland M. Brooks - Art Director, Richard Donner - Director, Stanley E. Rabjohn - Editor, Bernard Ponedel - Makeup, Jack P. Wilson - Makeup, Howard A. Anderson - Cinematographer, Carl Guthrie - Cinematographer, Jack Freeman - Cinematographer, Frank Sinatra - Producer, Howard A. Anderson - Special Effects, Paul Pollard - Special Effects, James Warner Bellah - Screenwriter, Tony Lazzarino - Short Story Author
