Ray Milland plays his own worst enemy — literally.
The Commanding Officer of an RAF Training School must deal with a difficult cadet, but the cadet reminds the C.O. of himself when young.
Practical Effects
Real RAF jets screaming across actual 1950s British skies
Acting
Ray Milland's magnificently furrowed brow of repressed emotion
Director
John Gilling
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed at RAF Cranwell using operational Gloster Meteors and de Havilland Vampires — the actual jets cadets would have flown in 1957.
Released during the twilight of British Empire cinema, when RAF heroism films desperately clung to wartime glory while jets made propeller nostalgia obsolete.
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