22 Dec 1961
X-15
X-15 is a 1961 movie that tells a fictionalized account of the X-15 research rocket plane, the men who flew it and the women who loved them.
Toward the Unknown
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.
Top Billed Cast
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
Bartlett Robinson Sen. Black
Malcolm Atterbury Hank
Ralph Moody Harvey Gilbert
Maura Murphy Sarah McKee
Carol Kelly Debbie
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