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Toward the Unknown(1956)
Status: Released
Date: 1956-09-27
59%
14 Votes
Time: 1h 55m
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...
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Toluca Productions
Movie: Toward the Unknown
Top 10 Billed Cast
William Holden
Maj. Lincoln Bond
Lloyd Nolan
Brig. Gen. Bill Banner
Virginia Leith
Connie Mitchell
Charles McGraw
Col. 'Mickey' McKee
Murray Hamilton
Maj. Bromo Lee
Paul Fix
Lt. Gen. Bryan Shelby
James Garner
Lt. Col. Joe Craven
L.Q. Jones
2nd Lt. Sweeney
Karen Steele
Polly Craven
Bartlett Robinson
Sen. Black
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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.
Release Date
1956-09-27
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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...
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