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No Highway in the Sky (1951) was a Drama - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Henry Koster and produced by Louis D. Lighton.

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NO HIGHWAY IN THE SKY On Blu-ray From Kino

It's another classic film release from Kino Lorber, this time a somewhat obscure feature starring the one and only James Stewart. NO HIGHWAY IN THE SKY (1951) has Stewart as a fidgety aeronautics expert named Theodore Honey. Based in England, Honey is convinced that a new type of airplane known as ... Read full article


No Highway in the Sky (1951)

No Highway in the Sky Directed by Henry Koster Written by R.C. Sherriff, Oscar Millard, and Alec Coppel from a novel by Nevil Shute 1951/UK Twentieth Century Fox Productions First viewing/Amazon Instant This one came out of nowhere to delight me. Widower Theodore Honey (James Stewart) is the ve... Read full article


No Highway in the Sky ( 1951 )

When No Highway in the Sky was released in 1951, James Stewart had established a reputation for playing everyday heroes and champions of social justice in such films as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( 1939 ) and The Mortal Storm ( 1940 ). In this British-made film, based on a novel by Nevil Shute (... Read full article


No Highway in the Sky ( 1951 )

When No Highway in the Sky was released in 1951, James Stewart had already established a reputation for playing everyday heroes and champions of social justice in such films as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( 1939 ) and The Mortal Storm ( 1940 ). In this British-made film, based on a novel by Nevil... Read full article


No Highway in the Sky ( 1951 )

When No Highway in the Sky was released in 1951, James Stewart had already established a reputation for playing everyday heroes and champions of social justice in such films as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( 1939 ) and The Mortal Storm ( 1940 ). In this British-made film, based on a novel by Nevil... Read full article


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No Highway in the Sky Quotes:

Sir Philip: Scotty, meet Rosie, she's a spy. Wait till you see her bedroom, it's absolutely papered in blueprints.

Monica Teasdale: No, the work you do, if you could've finished that, all thse people and lots more wouldn't be in the spot they are in right now. That's the kind of work that hsould be finished.

Monica Teasdale: All the people who'll come to my funeral, that'll be quite an occasion.
Theodore Honey: Do you have a family, Miss Teasdale?
Monica Teasdale: No, not even a husband at the moment, but there's my agent. oh he'll be so sad, he had five more years at 10%. Then there's Lorene Calvart, oh she'll cry the most. She'll give a beautiful performance, and then she'll try to get the part in the picture I was going to make. I suppose that's why I don't feel the way I thought I would.

Marjorie Corder: Miss Tesdale, would you like your coffee in your own seat?
Monica Teasdale: No, put it over here. Oh as a matter of fact, let's go back there where we won't wake anybody no matter how much we talk. That way i can say my prayers if I feel like it.

Marjorie Corder: The altitutde, Miss Teasdale, sometimes causes a highly nervous state in certain passengers. I'm sure it had that effect on Mister Honey for a while but he's quiet now.
Monica Teasdale: That's more than I am. There's about to be another passenger on this plane in a highly nervous state.
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No Highway in the Sky Facts
The concept of an airliner suffering catastrophic failure due to metal fatigue after a certain number of flight cycles, as outlined in the 1948 novel and this 1951 film, came true with the failures of the de Havilland Comet in 1954. There are a number of eerie parallels between the fictional account and the later actual events.

"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onApril 28, 1952 with James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich reprising their film roles.

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