No Highway in the Sky
Seen it?1951 | 98 min | Drama, Thriller
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved The Day the Earth Stood Still or Airport, start here.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 38 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1951: an older pace and style.
James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$1 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 35K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Henry Koster
- James StewartTheodore Honey
- Glynis JohnsMarjorie Corder
- Marlene DietrichMonica Teasdale
- Janette ScottElspeth Honey
- Jack HawkinsDennis Scott
- Elizabeth AllanShirley Scott
- Ronald SquireSir John, Director
- Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteFisher, Inspector of Accidents (uncredited)
- Bessie LovePlane Passenger (uncredited)
- Jill CliffordPeggy, Stewardess