Island in the Sky (1953) Cast & Crew

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Directed by William A. Wellman.

Cast

John Wayne as Captain Dooley
Lloyd Nolan as Captain Stutz
Walter Abel as Col. Fuller
James Arness as Mac McMullen
Andy Devine as Willie Moon
Allyn Joslyn as J.H. Handy
Jimmy Lydon as Murray, Dooley's navigator
Harry Carey Jr. as Ralph Hunt, Moon's co-pilot
Hal Baylor as Stankowski, Dooley's engineer
Sean McClory as Frank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot
Wally Cassell as D'Annunzia, Dooley's radioman
Gordon Jones as Walrus
Frank Fenton as Captain Turner
Robert Keys as Major Ditson
Sumner Getchell as Lieutenant Cord
Regis Toomey as Sergeant Harper
Paul Fix as Wally Miller
Jim Dugan as Gidley
George Chandler as Rene
Louis Jean Heydt as Fitch
Bob Steele as Wilson
Darryl Hickman as Swanson
Mike Connors as Gainer
Cass Gidley as Stannish
Herbert Anderson as Breezy
Anthony De Mario as Ogden
Ann Doran as Moon's Wife (uncredited)
Fess Parker as Fitch's Co-Pilot (uncredited)
William A. Wellman as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Dawn Bender as Murray's Wife
Carl Switzer as Sonny Hopper
Billy Lee Aimone as Boy (uncredited)

Crew

William A. Wellman — Director
Ernest K. Gann — Novel
Robert Fellows — Producer
Archie Stout — Director of Photography
Emil Newman — Original Music Composer
John Wayne — Producer
Ernest K. Gann — Screenplay

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