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Reach for the Sky
1956, Jul 05
2h 15m
The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.
Directed by
Lewis Gilbert
Michael Gough
Flying Instructor Pearson
Eric Pohlmann
Adjutant of Prison Camp
Vincent Ball
Thelma's cousin (uncredited)
Nigel Green
Streatfeild
Clive Revill
RAF Batman Helping Bader with His New Legs (uncredited)
Lee Patterson
Turner
Kenneth More
Douglas Bader
Charles Carson
Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
Alexander Knox
Mr. Joyce
Sam Kydd
Warrant Officer Blake
Walter Hudd
Air Vice-Marshal Halahan
Basil Dignam
Air Ministry Doctor
Howard Marion-Crawford
'Woody' Woodhall
Peter Byrne
Civilian Pilot Witnessing Bader's Crash
Anton Diffring
German Stabsfeldwebel
Ronald Adam
Air Vice-Marshal Leigh-Mallory
Dorothy Alison
Nurse Brace
Muriel Pavlow
Thelma Bader
Michael Ripper
Warrant Officer West
Sydney Tafler
Robert Desoutter
Jack Watling
Peel
Paul Carpenter
Hall (uncredited)
Ernest Clark
Wing Commander Beiseigel
Avice Landone
Douglas Bader's Mother
Trevor Bannister
Man Listening to Radio
Eddie Byrne
Flight Sergeant Mills
Lyndon Brook
Johnny Sanderson
Jess Conrad
Cadet Pilot (uncredited)
Derek Blomfield
Civilian Pilot
Harry Locke
Bates
Beverley Brooks
Sally
Michael Warre
Harry Day
Anne Leon
Sister Thornhill
Basil Appleby
Crowley-Milling
Philip Stainton
Police Constable
Patrick Westwood
RAF Corporal
Bert Marshall
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