Maj. Lincoln Bond
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Toward the Unknown Released Sep 27, 1956 1h 55m Action List Reviews 50% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings It's early in the Cold War, and no job is more important than Air Force test pilot.
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- Mervyn Leroy
- Action
- William Holden
Toward the Unknown: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. With William Holden, Lloyd Nolan, Virginia Leith, Charles McGraw. At the dawn of supersonic flight in the 1950s, a group of Edwards Air Force Base experimental aircraft test pilots push themselves to the limit.
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- Drama, History, Romance
- Mervyn LeRoy
- 1956-10
In spite of the cut-n-pasted love story with the wooden Virginia Leith, this film catches the flavor of USAF flight testing with William Holden's credible performance as a previously up-and-coming aviator tries to regain his stature following a tormented experience as a POW during the Korean War.
Toward the Unknown, originally called Flight Test Center and titled Brink of Hell in its UK release, is a 1956 American aviation film about the dawn of supersonic flight filmed on location at Edwards Air Force Base. Starring William Holden, Lloyd Nolan and Virginia Leith, the film features the screen debut of James Garner.
Duration:115 mins. Cast and crew. Director:Mervyn LeRoy. Screenwriter:Beirne Lay Jr. Cast: William Holden. Lloyd Nolan. Virginia Leith. Charles McGraw. Murray Hamilton. LQ Jones. James Garner. Paul...
According to the Motion Picture Herald Prod Digest review and a sign shown in the film, the title of the film, Toward the Unknown, is the verbatim motto of the real-life Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base.
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Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active service as a test pilot. Determined to clear his name, Bond battles a hard-nosed base commander, prejudiced officers and his own insecurities.
