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Plot

Basil Dearden was co-producer and co-director of the British "slice of life" drama Out of the Clouds. Filmed in quasi-documentary fashion, the story takes place during one unusually busy day at London's Heathrow Airport. The dramatis personae includes Gus Randall (Anthony Steel), a pilot with a chronic (and potentially fatal) gambling weakness; chief duty officer Nick Milbourne (Robert Beatty), who yearns to be a pilot himself; American engineer Bill (David Lorenz), who finds romance in the form of Jewish girl Leah (Margo Lorenz); and Captain Brent (James Robertson Justice), whose doubts about a new aircraft prove to be well-founded. The obligatory romantic triangle involves Gus, Nick and airline -hostess Penny Henson (Eunice Gayson). Out of the Clouds is an intriguing small-scale precursor to the Airport school of multicharactered drama.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Drama,Romance
Run Time:
88min.
Director(s):
Basil Dearden , Michael Relph
Starring:
Anthony Steel , Robert Beatty , David Knight
Themes:
Love Triangles,Gambling
Tone:
Talky
Keywords:
airport,barnstorming,employee,employment,gambling,host,jet,jet-pilot,officer,personal,privacy,ring [jewelry],romance,slice-of-life,smuggling