At the dawn of supersonic flight in the 1950s, a group of Edwards Air Force Base experimental aircraft test pilots push themselves to the limit.

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Makes “The Right Stuff” look like kid’s stuff
gmasher Nov 23, 2006

“The Right Stuff” tried hard to capture the feel of Edwards and the ‘golden age’ of flight testing – but “Toward the Unknown” outdoes the later film in spades. In spite of the cut-n-pasted love story with the wooden Virginia Leith, this film catches the flavor of USAF flight testing with William Holden’s credible performance as a previously up-and-coming aviator tries to regain his stature following a tormented experience as a POW during the Korean War. The “pilot speak” is dumbed down just enough for the civilian audience, and the flying sequences are well done – no models here. As a footnote, Holden is a composite of real-life test pilot Pete Everest (with whom Holden developed a fast friendship during filming) and Walker “Bud” Mahurin, whose Korean War POW experiences were woven into the script (although Mahurin never attempted suicide). In fact, there are striking similarities (surely purposeful) in appearance between the leading actors and their real-life counterparts: Stand Holden next to Everest, and Lloyd Nolan next to General Al Boyd, and you’ll see what I mean.

I have a VHS copy I had made from a deteriorating 16mm print of the film which I picked up off eBay (the friend who made the tape said the emulsion was chipping off the celluloid as he taped it, it was in such poor condition), so I’ll have to live with that until a DVD becomes available – which, according to a credible source, won’t happen until the Holden estate reaches an agreement with the production company. I do know a print of the film was furnished to the Edwards AFB theater recently for a showing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original premier of “Toward The Unknown.”

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