Information
- BFI identifier42514
- Date1956 (Copyright)
1956-08-27 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisTrue life story of Group Captain Douglas Bader, who lost his legs in a plane crash but went on to serve as a fighter pilot during the Second World War. (Synopsis)
- Work historyThe following statement appears during the film's opening credits: 'Douglas Bader has become a legend in his own life time. His courage was not only an example to those in War but is now a source of inspiration to many in Peace'.
- Genre
- Subject
- Credits
- CastKenneth More (Douglas Bader)
Muriel Pavlow (Thelma Edwards Bader)
Lyndon Brook (Johnny Sanderson)
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Title
Reach for the Sky (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/7B04-230F-93FB-42F2-6A81-0Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
This work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
- Collections
- Film / Video
- Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Based on the book by Paul Brickhill - SCR-14953
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-42514
Small pressbook held. For example of programme see CINEMA EPHEMERA: REGIONS (Odeon, Sheffield) and see FILM PROGRAMMES List.
view all - Posters / DesignsDesign: costume - PD-16495
Design: costume - PD-16496
Design: costume - PD-16497
Design: costume - PD-16498
Design: costume - PD-16499
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00o-6s6
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-pqj
Photograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00n-pqc
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-pqb
Photograph: publicity - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-xga
view all - ArticlesClassic Television n5 Jun/Jul 1998 - Article, SynopsisClassic Television n2 Dec/Jan 1997 - ArticleFilms and Filming v2 n12 September 1956 - Articleview all
- Books
- +Reach for the Sky
Work - 42514 - 1956 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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