Toward the Unknown
movie

Somewhere at a secluded U.S. Air Force Base lives a picked handful of very special men — the rocket pilots of outer space and the eerie experimental craft that rule the skies beyond the sky...
Released September 27, 1956
Overview
Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active service as a test pilot. Determined to clear his name, Bond battles a hard-nosed base commander, prejudiced officers and his own insecurities.
Cast

William Holden
as
Maj. Lincoln Bond

Lloyd Nolan
as
Brig. Gen. Bill Banner

Virginia Leith
as
Connie Mitchell

Charles McGraw
as
Col. 'Mickey' McKee

Murray Hamilton
as
Maj. Bromo Lee

Paul Fix
as
Lt. Gen. Bryan Shelby

James Garner
as
Lt. Col. Joe Craven

L.Q. Jones
as
2nd Lt. Sweeney

Karen Steele
as
Polly Craven

Bartlett Robinson
as
Sen. Black

Malcolm Atterbury
as
Hank

Ralph Moody
as
Harvey Gilbert
Crew
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Beirne Lay Jr.
as
Writer

Mervyn LeRoy
as
Director

Mervyn LeRoy
as
Producer
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Hans F. Koenekamp
as
Special Effects
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John Beckman
as
Art Direction
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Ralph S. Hurst
as
Set Decoration
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Stanley Jones
as
Sound
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Leo K. Kuter
as
Special Effects
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Beirne Lay Jr.
as
Associate Producer
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Al Alleborn
as
Assistant Director

Harold Rosson
as
Director of Photography
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William H. Ziegler
as
Editor