Toward the Unknown (1956)

Film details

Featuring

William Holden Lloyd Nolan Virginia Leith
Director

Mervyn Leroy
Country

USA
Year

1956
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

Brink of Hell Alternative

Synopsis

Major Lincoln Bond returns to the flight test centre at Edwards Air Force Base in California to resume his career as a test pilot. But first he has to prove his worth on the dangerous X-2 rocket project while still suffering from the brain-washing conducted in a Korean prison camp.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Major Lincoln Bond
    
    William Holden
  - Brigadier-General William Banner
    
    Lloyd Nolan
  - Connie Mitchell
    
    Virginia Leith
  - Colonel Mickey McKee
    
    Charles Mcgraw
  - Major Bromo Lee
    
    Murray Hamilton
  - Lieutenant-General Bryan Shelby
    
    Paul Fix
  - Major Joe Craven
    
    James Garner
  - Lt. Sweeney
    
    L.Q. Jones
  - Polly Craven
    
    Karen Steele
  - Senator Black
    
    Bartlett Robinson
  - Hank
    
    Malcolm Atterbury
  - Gilbert
    
    Ralph Moody
  - Sarah McKee
    
    Maura Murphy
  - Debby
    
    Carol Kelly
Credits
- Direction:
  - Directed by
    
    Mervyn Leroy
  - Second Unit Director
    
    Saunders, Russ
  - Assistant Director
    
    Russell Llewellyn
  - Second Unit Assistant Director
    
    Al Alleborn
  Production:
  - ©
    
    Toluca Productions
  - A Toluca Production
    
    Toluca Productions
  - Presents
    
    Warner Bros.
  - Produced by
    
    Mervyn Leroy
  - Associate Producer
    
    Beirne Lay Jr
  - Unit Manager
    
    Mel Gellar
  Writing:
  - Written by
    
    Beirne Lay Jr
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Rosson, Hal
  - Second Unit Photography by
    
    Harold E. Wellman
  Special Effects:
  - Special Effects by
    
    H.F. Koenekamp
  - Special Effects Art Director
    
    Leo K. Kuter
  Editing:
  - Film Editor
    
    William Ziegler
  - Second Unit Film Editor
    
    Thomas Reilly
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    John Beckman
  - Set Decorator
    
    Hurst, Ralph
  Costumes:
  - Costumes Designed by
    
    Moss Mabry
  Make-up:
  - Makeup Supervisor
    
    Gordon Bau
  Music:
  - Music by
    
    Paul Baron
  - Song 'The U.S. Air Force' by
    
    Robert Crawford
  Sound:
  - Sound by
    
    Stanley Jones
  - Sound System
    
    RCA Sound System
  Stunts:
  - Special Ariobatics [sic] by
    
    The Usaf Thunderbirds
  Consultant:
  - Technical Adviser
    
    Martin, Lt. Col. Ralph
  - Technical Adviser
    
    Everest Jr., Lt. Col. Frank
  - Technical Adviser
    
    Henry, Maj. Price
  - Thanked in credits
    
    United States Air Force