Reach For The Sky (1956)

Written by Paul Brickhill, Lewis Gilbert

Directed by Lewis Gilbert

Production Year: 1956

Rating: PG Certificate

Production Country: UK

Filmed in Black and White

This classic British biopic tells the true story of Second World War fighter pilot ace Douglas Bader, played by Kenneth Moore (pictured). Bader lost both legs in a flying accident but confounded both his doctor's expectations and those of the RAF by learning to walk in time to marry sweetheart Thelma (Muriel Pavlow, pictured) and to pass flying school.

Soon a squadron leader, Bader was shot down over France and captured by the Germans. His indefatigable resolve saw him try to escape so often, he was eventually confined to Colditz until the end of the war.

Cast

	Kenneth More		Douglas Bader
	Muriel Pavlow		Thelma Bader
	Lyndon Brook		Johnny Sanderson
	Lee Patterson		Stan Turner
	Alexander Knox		Mr. Joyce
	Dorothy Alison		Nurse Brace
	Michael Warre		Harry Day
	Sydney Tafler		Robert Desoutter
	Howard Marion-Crawford		'Woody' Woodhall
	Jack Watling		Peel
	Nigel Green		Streatfield
	Anne Leon		Sister Thornhill
	Charles Carson		Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
	Ronald Adam		Air Vice-Marshal Leigh-Mallory
	Walter Hudd		Air Vice-Marshal Halahan