*Spoiler/plot- 1961, The courageous Air Force pilots of the secret rocket plane, X-15 program are determined to take the rocket plane 100 miles above the Earth into the edge of Space. The same craft's engines will be pushed to reach the new speed of four times the speed of sound, a never before feat. They wish to prove American air supremacy in the Cold War space-race and prove that space travel can be next to accomplish. These pilots have a lot at stake and their terrified wives they've left behind.
*Special Stars- David Mclean, Charles Bronson, James Gregory, Mary Tyler Moore.
*Theme- Yankee courage and ingenuity gets any job done.
*Trivia/location/goofs- See Mary Tyler Moore in a non-starring minor supporting role. Many continuity film goofs due to archive research film being cut into the shooting scenes of this film. Air Force vet, TV host and Orange County Congressman, Robert Dornan has an unaccredited Air Force blockhouse technician part.
*Emotion- A sadly hopelessly forgettable film of these dramatic historic flight victories in the early days of sound barrier flight leading to the moon shots. If you're a fan of such flight history, watch another film and not this one. This one is terribly boring and predicable. The real story drama could have been done better. This is almost a training film for how not to make an interesting film on a great script topic.
*Special Stars- David Mclean, Charles Bronson, James Gregory, Mary Tyler Moore.
*Theme- Yankee courage and ingenuity gets any job done.
*Trivia/location/goofs- See Mary Tyler Moore in a non-starring minor supporting role. Many continuity film goofs due to archive research film being cut into the shooting scenes of this film. Air Force vet, TV host and Orange County Congressman, Robert Dornan has an unaccredited Air Force blockhouse technician part.
*Emotion- A sadly hopelessly forgettable film of these dramatic historic flight victories in the early days of sound barrier flight leading to the moon shots. If you're a fan of such flight history, watch another film and not this one. This one is terribly boring and predicable. The real story drama could have been done better. This is almost a training film for how not to make an interesting film on a great script topic.