Island In the Sky (1953)

ISLAND IN THE SKY  (1953)  ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: William A. Wellman
    John Wayne, Lloyd Nolan, Walter Abel,
    James Arness, Andy Devine, Allyn Joslyn,
    Jimmy Lydon, Darryl Hickman, Harry Carey Jr.,
    Hal Baylor, Sean McCrory, Wally Cassell,
    Regis Toomey, Paul Fix, George Chandler
Square-jawed heroics starring John Wayne as an Army transport pilot forced to land his plane in the wintry wastes of Canada. The Duke and his men survive, but now they're stranded in the middle of nowhere, on the edge of a frozen lake, with a dwindling supply of fuel, very little food, a dying radio, and not nearly enough clothing to offset a temperature that's stuck at about 70° below. Will fellow flyboys Lloyd Nolan, James Arness, Allyn Joslin and Andy Devine get to them before they all perish in the snow? Conditions on the ground and in the air don't look good, but remember, this is a John Wayne movie. It's one of Wayne's lesser known mid-career vehicles, a box-office moneymaker that took forever to turn up on video. Keep your eyes peeled for Fess Parker, Mike ("Touch") Connors and a grown-up Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer in the supporting cast.