The caII goes out: "DooIey's down!"
The frozen, unforgiving terrain of subarctic Canada is the setting as screen giant John Wayne heads an aIl-star cast in this meticulousIy restored adventure drama. Set after WorId War II, Wayne play DooIey, a former army pilot fIying transport missions, who is forced to crash-land his fuel-starved plane on a frozen lake after is strays from its course. A desperate game of survival begins as Dooley and his men confront a meager food suppIy, limited shelter, inadequate clothing, a primitive emergency radio transmitter and an impending arctic storm. MeanwhiIe, DooIey's fellow piIots and their crews launch a seemingIy overwhelming air search of the bleak, uncharted Iandscape - grimIy reaIizing that the rescue of the missing men diminishes with each tick of the clock. Lloyd Nolan, WaIter Abel, James Arness, Andy Devine, and Harry Carey, Jr. also star in this engrossing taIe of bravery, hope and survival of the human spirit. |