Toward the Unknown (1956)
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...
115 min
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
- September 27, 1956
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- William Holden as Maj. Lincoln Bond
- Lloyd Nolan as Brig. Gen. Bill Banner
- Virginia Leith as Connie Mitchell
- Charles McGraw as Col. 'Mickey' McKee
- Murray Hamilton as Maj. Bromo Lee
- Paul Fix as Lt. Gen. Bryan Shelby
- James Garner as Lt. Col. Joe Craven
- L.Q. Jones as 2nd Lt. Sweeney
- Karen Steele as Polly Craven
- Bartlett Robinson as Sen. Black
Crew
- Mervyn LeRoy · Director
- Beirne Lay Jr. · Writer
- Mervyn LeRoy · Producer
- Paul Baron · Composer
- Harold Rosson · Cinematographer
- William H. Ziegler · Editor