July 5, 1956
135 minutes
WarDrama
Reach for the Sky
The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.
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Cast
Kenneth More
(Douglas Bader)
Muriel Pavlow
(Thelma Bader)
Lyndon Brook
(Johnny Sanderson)
Lee Patterson
(Turner)
Alexander Knox
(Mr. Joyce)
Dorothy Alison
(Nurse Brace)
Michael Warre
(Harry Day)
Sydney Tafler
(Robert Desoutter)
Howard Marion-Crawford
('Woody' Woodhall)
Jack Watling
(Peel)
Walter Hudd
(Air Vice-Marshal Halahan)
Ernest Clark
(Wing Commander Beiseigel)
Nigel Green
(Streatfeild)
Anne Leon
(Sister Thornhill)
Charles Carson
(Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding)
Ronald Adam
(Air Vice-Marshal Leigh-Mallory)
Basil Appleby
(Crowley-Milling)
Philip Stainton
(Police Constable)
Eddie Byrne
(Flight Sergeant Mills)
Beverley Brooks
(Sally)
Michael Ripper
(Warrant Officer West)
Derek Blomfield
(Civilian Pilot)
Avice Landone
(Douglas Bader's Mother)
Eric Pohlmann
(Adjutant of Prison Camp)
Michael Gough
(Flying Instructor Pearson)
Harry Locke
(Bates)
Sam Kydd
(Warrant Officer Blake)
Peter Byrne
(Civilian Pilot Witnessing Bader's Crash)
Basil Dignam
(Air Ministry Doctor)
Anton Diffring
(German Stabsfeldwebel)
Trevor Bannister
(Man Listening to Radio)
Patrick Westwood
(RAF Corporal)
Barry Letts
(Tommy)
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