No Highway in the Sky | English Full Movie | Drama Thriller

[@wendyboonstoppel7196]

Jimmy is a true legend.

[@JManwilderness]

I'm past 70 years old. Look how careful the stewardesses were back then. How kind and nurturing. This is literally "gone with the wind." And Jimmy Stewart is amazing, he and Marlene Dietrich were incredible, not to mention the sweet stewardess who starred in other great films. Hmmm... "We're going to throw things at the Prime Minister!" "Our daughters daughters will adore us - as they say in grateful chorus - well done, Madame Suffragette!"

[@patwats8860]

I saw this as a child and didn’t realize how funny Fred Macmurry was. Glynis John passed just recently. Loved this film!

[@stevef9530]

James Stewart was born to play people like Mr Honey. This is maybe the most Jimmy Stewart he got, full aspergers syndrome. Beautiful work, with wonderful Marlene Dietrich and Glynis Johns to keep him company.

[@mikehedrick7223]

Stewart and Johns were husband and wife in Dear Brigitte. Stewart played an absent-minded poet.

[@thomascondon9549]

Yes, it is 70+ yrs old but it remains one of my favorite Jimmy Stewart films (Jack Hawkins and Glynis Johns certainly don’t hurt!). It combines airplane technology with the dramatic tension of the absentminded professor who’s convinced a disaster is imminent. But…hey, it’s Jimmy Stewart! I’d watch him describe different colors of paint chips.

[@noelhall945]

and Marline Dietrich 1951 may be in the shadow of the Comet Crashes.

[@jeffersonsmith1877]

James Stewart an amazing actor and ww2 hero!

[@anglophils645]

Marlene Dietrich, Glynis Johns-----overall great cast.

[@A0A4ful]

1:28:28 "Did the tail fall off, Father?" "No, dear, I'm afraid it didn't..." "Don't worry, it will, someday..." Beautifully paced movie. How to marry Science and Humanity, and lots in between.❤

[@tryarunm]

Loved Jimmy's performance. Played the preoccupied, absent-minded genius to the T. And sound, restrained acting all round. Thank you, GEM!

[@rte66pawnshop]

Anyone else find this emotional throughout? And humorous? And the dialogue incredible? AND the Teasdale character captivating? It's a 70+ yo movie, wtf!?!?

[@johngdoty]

A fantastic film. We should all strive to treat each other in such a manner.

[@ranaldrasmussen3900]

It’s a great show with all the talent. The daughter seems sad and that’s what made me sad too

[@ianmangham4570]

Maureen did

[@Robert-is7du]

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[@triconcert]

This was fantastic viewing! Wow! An amazing movie, great plot, great dialogue. Just a pity it wasn't uploaded with intro and ending. The acting is phenomenal. Ever grateful!

[@tango22ah]

I love how the tied up everything at the end so dreadfully quick

[@robertg1556]

At first, I did not think that I was going to like it, but then I couldn't stop watching. What a great film.

[@michaelsouri3679]

Sadly they don't make movie's like this anymore,,. brilliant 👍👍

[@thelastdictator482]

Was watching a video on the Oceangate sub regarding the various failures and it reminded me of this movie. It must be at least 15-20 years since I'd seen it and it was only the last 40minutes or so but I was glad to find it here to watch the whole thing.

[@normanmackenzie8130]

Jack Hawkins, a stalwart of British Cinema....

[@elizabethroberts6215]

……& the possessor of a beautiful voice …………

[@normanmackenzie8130]

Indeed Elizabeth @@elizabethroberts6215

[@Donna-hz3vi]

What a wonderful movie!!!

[@lawrenceaderneck7165]

one of Jimmies best

[@alidabaxter5849]

It's one of my favourites.

[@DavidDillon101]

As a boy, I was particularly struck by the relationship between Stewart and Glynis Johns. Their performances are especially sensitive and fine, and the film retains a certain potency that is in large part thanks to these noteworthy actors.

[@lindalee5866]

Nicely put.

[@alexandradane3672]

It’s a very good movie which I’ve seen before on another channel but it’s good to see it again on this channel and thus support all the channels which spoil us with movies of quality and substance .

[@alanmcdonald5437]

so very appropriate to have Jimmy Stewart Keeping it together in a plane that might not make it. He flew somewhere around 25 combat missions during the war,

[@Soffity]

Neville Shute wrote this book a few years before the Comet disasters. What he wrote more or less happened. This is one of my favourite books. Mr Honey is described as short and frog like, with weak, moist eyes but very kind and intelligent. Every time I open a tin and break off that last attachment the tin opener misses, by wiggling the lid back and forth I think “that’s metal fatigue”

[@tracy5014]

Love James Stewart. Never seen or heard of this film before so glad I happened upon it here. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@falaise6077]

Based on the Nevil Shute book No Highway. Shute was a real aero engineer, his autobiography Slide Rule is fascinating

[@harryzero1566]

That's where I first read this story, one of my first real reading books.

[@obroberts6533]

And I Sr am a dreadful crazy for all of Neville Shute's books and movies..

[@FreedomSpirit7]

Fantastic Classic. First time seeing this movie. Fine Actors and actresses. Thank you for the upload.

[@allybally0021]

Enjoyed this very much! Stewart laying it on a bit thick with the nerd autistic engineer act......however the script was tragically ahead of its time. Fatigue failure was to doom a number of the British Comet airliners before they resolved it.......not so long after the film was released. Lovely and different story.

[@asa1973100]

The fabulous, late grey Glynis Johns

[@elizabethroberts6215]

……don’t you mean ‘great’……

[@ianmangham4570]

Grey hair ?

[@caroleweisbrod5464]

"It’s evidently quite difficult to be a person, Miss Corder." Truth.

[@joantreis2615]

This was a great movie. Thank you so much!

[@hlnbee]

Johns lived to be 100. Just died Jan. 4 of this year!

[@ottospecht8438]

Crazy looking plane>>!! 🤦🏻‍♂️😅 Terrific cast… 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤙🏻 The cockpit is like a living room!!

[@allybally0021]

I loved the cockpit.......there was probably a chandelier for lighting and a sofa and grand piano at the back. Still safer than the latest Boeing aircraft though.

[@barryrichardson2947]

Thank you for uploading, but where are the opening titles and credits?Its really incomplete without!!

[@frontcentermusician]

Avoids copywrite issues

[@stephenleiperdefault1113]

Most actors in this movie were uncredited according to IMDB including Dora Bryant, Wilfred Hyde-White, Kenneth More and others

[@andrewwmacfadyen6958]

From Neville Shute's book Neville Shute under proper name Neville Shute Norway was a famous aircraft and airship designer a coworker of Barnes Wallis

[@spaceranger3728]

I liked when he described his daughter: "She's well-developed and has an excellent grasp of crystallography."

[@stephenwilliams1269]

Marlene dressed to kill in furs and diamonds to fly, now its jumbos in velour tracksuits. My how society has declined. 🙄🙄😁 Thank for sharing.

[@megmac6421]

Really enjoyed this film, thanks xx

[@garyskyner5855]

Excellent!

[@SimonAmazingClarke]

Very interesting film. Most of the engineering was good. Fatigue is a major problem

[@JollySchwaggermann]

Most of the plot was silly - the aircraft would have been grounded until the tail unit was found and examined- most movies are childish rubbish ! The tail unit was miles away koz it broke off first -

[@vynderma]

The science was so 1950's . Nuclear fission in the aluminum atom?

[@sebastianhamilton5892]

The first minute-plus (including the credits) is cut off. Colorized version of this film (also here on KZbin) is complete.

[@michaelvoisey8458]

Nice to see old friends again

[@jeanjohnstone4384]

never thought jack hawkins a james stewart starred in same film.

[@lawrenceaderneck7165]

Jimmie Stewart.. he once had a line in a western which was...I like my steaks burnt on the outside and rare in the middle....thats how I like mine !!!

[@larrywhited3070]

The movie was "The Cheyenne Social Club" with Henry Fonda as a co-star.

[@lawrenceaderneck7165]

thank you ...@@larrywhited3070

[@FishFeelPain]

Terrific--TY

[@williamparry9314]

They do not make them lke that anymore.

[@habsom1406]

Considering they had no video or rewind button, no computer editing or cgi, I think it's amazing that their shooting was seamless and the continuity excellent when they had no idea how a shot would turn out until it was in the editing suite/cutting room and all spliced back together after the film was developed in a dark room. Many modern day films are quite shoddy by comparison with shaky camera work reminding us all the time there's a room full of crew behind the lens. I find these old movies quite immersive.

[@billbogg3857]

@@habsom1406You can also hear what everyone is saying unlike many modern films.

[@youdodat2]

They don’t make them like they used to. Good Stuff…”Christology,” moral standards, esthetics, and ethics. A great education regarding what a good person and a good life is.

[@liettebowes8263]

I love these old movies. It's a break from the bombardment of special effects, the totally useless sex scenes and the poor dialogue that goes nowhere.

[@tesserakt54]

Delightful.

[@5cloudwalker]

It really makes you wonder if you knew for a certainty that the plane was going to crash would you do something as rash as he did?

[@JollySchwaggermann]

No good hiding on the floor of the gents - kiss your bum good bye is best !

[@rex8255]

@@JollySchwaggermann I don't know. There was Asiana flight 214 that crashed in San Francisco. All but 3 people lived, and they were possible killed on the ground because they fire trucks couldn't see them as they were covered in foam. Airplane crashes are much more survivable than people think. That said, if the tail falls off... yeah, you're likely screwed.

[@Archie2c]

Life imitating art this was before the Comet tragedies that rocked the dehavilland company and boac three years later.

[@rex8255]

So, my Dad worked at Lockheed for decades. Testing similar to what was outlined in the movie is now pretty standard stuff. And the part at the very end, about it not being cold enough... yup, that's in there as well.

[@KebabMusicLtd]

It has been suggested that the author of the book, Nevill Shute was influenced by the crash of the Douglas C-54E in 1946 in Newfoundland

[@EricWhite-co8nu]

Terrific

[@judmcc]

I first saw this as a child on TV. Is there any idea of when it was first shown on US TV?

[@trustydiamond]

I always find Jimmy Stewart overacts almost to the point of being a ham, but he IS fascinating on screen

[@shanemac1111]

Marlene Dietrich had a interesting life. Just seen a video about her.

[@michaelvoisey8458]

I remember a 50,s film where a plane is flying and suddenly it has metal fatigue and all the passengers bail out while it fly's around an airfield to use up fuel And I thought this was it

[@JollySchwaggermann]

Any parachutes ?

[@Soffity]

Wish they wouldn’t add things that are not in the book and leave out good things that are. Oh well. I’ll just enjoy the film for what it is and forget I’ve read the book. It’s one of my favourite Nevil Shutes along with “A Town Like Alice “ and “On The Beach" and Trustee From The Toolroom." All well worth reading.

[@wiscgaloot]

I'm reading it right now, he's one of my favorite authors. I'm right at the bit where they're about to send Mr. Honey off to Labrador.

[@ChrisHealey-q2i]

Glynis Johns my Queen xxx

[@Fbo194]

Air Ministry Constabulary at the start I am guessing? In the uniforms?

[@rachaelpellagrini1669]

All these comments rocked me amadeus.⭐️

[@ianmangham4570]

Heard a merlin v12 when he invited him in for a sherry 😊

[@carlnapp4412]

Oh, Martin Luther made a splendid second career.

[@blueduck9409]

Reminds me of william shatner in his gremlin on the wing episode in the twlight zone.

[@554jv]

I saw that movie as a kid, and got creepily scared

[@JollySchwaggermann]

Watched to the very end for the honeymoon athletics - Jimmy and the little Sheila. A clumsy fumble - she would have to take control-fatigue in the bed frame ?😅

[@phdtobe]

LOL a commercial aircraft with passenger cabin windows that have right angles!!! 😂

[@vikingraider1961]

Yup - film 1951. De Havilland Comet designed, with lovely big *SQUARE* picture windows and cut outs, 1949 - introduced 1952 (one year after the film) - first hull loss attributed to fuselage failure due to metal fatigue 1954... I'd say that the film was rather prescient!

[@dustoffgeo7613]

Dilly Dilly!! Similar story about metal fatigue except the Comet had to do with stress on the airframe from multi pressuration cycles

[@alvaropelayo8084]

Beware no credits

[@luvmydeck]

It's so weird to see the amount of time people spent sucking on cigarettes.

[@sgbh8874]

She soon changed her mind when she saw the cash.

[@oscarmacaroni]

Amazing how roomie airplanes were back in the day….

[@rex8255]

Especially the ones on movie sets!

[@alidabaxter5849]

And all that glass!!!

[@midgemagoo]

Today - smaller seats = more fare paying passengers !

[@lookoutleo]

All cars have faults . I have leaf spy for my leaf so can clear faults . I would deffo get the equivalent for emgee which is what I would call my 5

[@JollySchwaggermann]

MG 5 ?

[@michaeltraub3614]

But the whole plane is made out of the doubtful metal so the whole plane is subject to vibration fracture not just the tail. And why did miss Teasdale call Honey a little man twice when Stewart is about 6 foot 2

[@FleurDougan]

Possibly because in the book Honey was not tall

[@KebabMusicLtd]

The outcome would have been the same anyway. Honey specified the fracture would be in the tail but really, the fracture could have occurred anywhere. But I would imagine the greatest stress would be on the wing and the tail section.

[@alidabaxter5849]

​@@KebabMusicLtdI think they made the tail look unlike anything you'd normally see in order that nobody would think this could really happen.

[@salbers]

Structural metal fatigue is not so much what it is made of, but what the natural vibration frequency of it is which can amplify stress to failure. Honey suspected the tail plane natural vibration frequency would match stresses encountered in normal flight and cause failure over time. He was applying stresses of various frequencies to a tail plane mock up to test his theory. The Lockheed Electra had this problem with its #3 engine nacelle which caused it to fall off until the design was changed.

[@lsmart]

This is from the Wikipedia article on the film: "Three years after the film, and six years after the publication of Nevil Shute's original novel (No Highway), there were two fatal crashes of the world's first jet passenger airliner, the de Havilland Comet. Investigation found that metal fatigue was the cause of both accidents, albeit in the main fuselage and not the tail section."

[@ianmangham4570]

It's the guy out of the rocking horse winner🐎 film 🎥

[@danmontgomery6172]

at 1 hour 17min 45 sec he spills crap on himself.

[@Paul1963music]

De que año es.boludo

[@brucemacmillan9581]

Wait till Elsbeth meets Brian Jones. That'll be the end of her. Or maybe the end of Jonesy.

[@andrewtownend4511]

2nd ad at 17.35

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3rd ad at 25.11

[@Brian-zp1df]

Pre-Duct tape

[@habsom1406]

....or bostik.

[@andrewtownend4511]

5th ad at 44.56

[@jamesdaneke]

Where were the people of color and the people with special pronouns in this movie?

[@jonathonjubb6626]

More crew than passengers... Ethnics didn't fly back then, that's a relatively new phenomenon..

[@andrewtownend4511]

9th ad 118.10

[@toml.1408]

I'm a big Jimmy Stewart fan, and, as a kid in the 1960's in the Los Angeles area TV market I watched this movie every time it was on. I thought it was great. Now, in 2024, I must say this movie is awful. Beyond belief bad. Bad script, bad everything. The movie just fails to deliver really good drama. Mr. Stewart should have been a pilot of the plane and had to deal with the design engineers back at the factory. I cringe at the acting and they all must have known this script was not good and this was just an easy payday for everyone. Sorry Mr. Stewart, all your other movies are fantastic!!!!

[@andrewtownend4511]

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6th add at 54.00

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[@dirkbogarde7796]

I have my sincerer doubts wether Thailand will stand with the USA in a war against China.

[@bobsanders9114]

NO OPENING CREDITS. Unwatchable!

[@sds3695]

@bobsanders9114 you missed a very good movie.

[@429-V8]

Omg...Hopefully you're a relatively funny person!?! D/A/G

[@johnsmyth3127]

They say they remove the credits because nobody watches them; the real reason is to remove the copyright notice ...

[@22jaydogg]

Not a good movie at all!

[@rocketscientisttoo]

You are right, its a very good movie.

[@t-IKnowidontKnow]

....Yes not a good movie!...simply, understatedly excellent@@rocketscientisttoo

[@commentatron]

A few changes would have put it right: 1) Edit it down to 20 minutes 2) Fire the writers and base it on a comic book 3) Hand cam and non-stop jump cuts

[@organicpaul]

How wonderful!