- HD 1080
- Runtime: 109m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: William A. Wellman
- Stars: John Wayne, Lloyd Nolan, Walter Abel, James Arness, Andy Devine
- keywords: airplane, radio, survival, snow, food rationing, navigation
- Production_studio: Wayne-Fellows Productions
- Slogan: He Fought Every Fury of Man and Mountain To Get Where His Woman Was!
- The Island in the Sky is featured in the top rankings of 1953
- #9 in Top Adventure Movies of 1953
- #63 in Top Drama Movies of 1953
A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while awaiting rescue.