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X-15

4.6

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Original title

X-15

Year

1961

Running time

107 min.

Country

United States

Director

Richard Donner

Screenwriter

James Warner Bellah, Tony Lazzarino

Cast

Music

Nathan Scott

Cinematography

Carl E. Guthrie

Producer

Essex Productions

Genre

Drama | Planes. Space Adventure

Synopsis

The courageous pilots of the Air Force's X-15 program are determined to take an experimental rocket 100 miles above the earth... at four times the speed of sound! At stake is American air supremacy and proof that space travel is possible. but also at stake are their lives... and the lives of the terrified wives they've left behind.

Before Top Gun, Apollo 13 or The Right Stuff, this breathtaking, jet-fueled journey of high-altitude filmmaking blasted audiences from zero-G to 4,000 miles per hour with its thrilling tale of America's victory in the space race. Starring David McLean, Charles Bronson and Mary Tyler Moore, X-15 sets the sky as the limitfor excitement! The courageous pilots of the Air Force's X-15 program are determined to take an experimental rocket 100 miles above the earth at four times the speed of sound! At stake is American air supremacy and proof that space travelis possible. But also at stake are their lives and the lives of the terrified wives they've left behind!

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X-15

1961

Richard Donner

4.6

(54)