Somewhere at a secluded U.S. Air Force Base lives a picked handful of very special men — the rocket pilots of outer space and the eerie experimental craft that rule the skies beyond the sky...
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.
Mervyn LeRoy
Director
Beirne Lay Jr.
Writer

William Holden
Maj. Lincoln Bond

Lloyd Nolan
Brig. Gen. Bill Banner

Virginia Leith
Connie Mitchell

Charles McGraw
Col. 'Mickey' McKee

Murray Hamilton
Maj. Bromo Lee

Paul Fix
Lt. Gen. Bryan Shelby

James Garner
Lt. Col. Joe Craven

L.Q. Jones
2nd Lt. Sweeney

Karen Steele
Polly Craven
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