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The men behind America's first venture into space are honored in this drama that paid special emphasis on historical accuracy and obtained much input and assistance from the US Air Force. The story centers on an Air Force doctor who performs many detailed test to discover how the human body will respond to the rigors of space travel including its reactions to being ejected in a space capsule from 45,000 feet, to traveling 1,000 miles per hour in a rocket sled, and ascending to 100,000 feet in a
Mar 29, 1956 Wide
Twentieth Century Fox
Cast
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Guy Madison
Capt. Jim Hollenbeck -
Virginia Leith
Pat Lange -
John Hodiak
Maj. Ward Thomas -
Dean Jagger
Dr. Hugh Thornton -
Warren Stevens
Capt. Mike Bentley -
Martin Milner
Lt. Morton Glenn -
King Calder
Lee Welch -
Walter Coy
Lt. Col. Masters -
Don Murphy
Sgt. Zack Deming -
Barry Coe
Communications Officer -
Richard Grant
Medic -
Ben Wright
Taxi Driver -
Carlyle Mitchell
George Atkins -
Robert Cornthwaite
Dawson -
Juanita Close
Nurse -
Helen Bennett
Mrs. Lange -
Kenneth Clark
Sgt. Ike Forbes -
Jo Gilbert
Secretary -
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