Movie: Toward the Unknown

Top 10 Billed Cast

William Holden
William Holden

Maj. Lincoln Bond

Lloyd Nolan
Lloyd Nolan

Brig. Gen. Bill Banner

Virginia Leith
Virginia Leith

Connie Mitchell

Charles McGraw
Charles McGraw

Col. 'Mickey' McKee

Murray Hamilton
Murray Hamilton

Maj. Bromo Lee

Paul Fix
Paul Fix

Lt. Gen. Bryan Shelby

James Garner
James Garner

Lt. Col. Joe Craven

L.Q. Jones
L.Q. Jones

2nd Lt. Sweeney

Karen Steele
Karen Steele

Polly Craven

Bartlett Robinson
Bartlett Robinson

Sen. Black

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    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

  • Average

    5.6

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
  • Tagline

    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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    English
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