Out of the Clouds

1955

Drama

2
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 200 200

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Plot summary

A day following workers at an airport

Director

Basil Dearden Photo
Basil Dearden

Top cast

Bernard Lee Photo
Bernard Lee as Customs Officer
James Robertson Justice Photo
James Robertson Justice as Captain Brent
Sidney James Photo
Sidney James as The Gambler
Harold Kasket Photo
Harold Kasket as Hafadi
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
813.67 MB
1280*950
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 60
1.48 GB
1454*1080
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 86

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by writers_reign 7 / 10

Airport-lite

Reviewed by robert-temple-1 7 / 10

Portrait of the early Heathrow Airport and Its Staff and Passengers

This is a fascinating ensemble piece, well directed by Basil Dearden, which creates a combination of personal dramas involving pilots, passengers, and airport personnel and shows how their stories cross and intermingle. Robert Beatty plays an ex-pilot who has become the head of operations at the airport, but hates being on the ground and longs to get back to his old job of flying over the Atlantic. But the doctor will not pass him. James Robertson Justice is an experienced pilot who repeatedly refuses to take off in a plane because he rightly says he hears something wrong with one of the four engines. Sid James has a bit part. There is a touching love story about two young people (played by David Knight and Margo Lorenz) who meet at the airport while waiting for their delayed planes to take off in opposite directions. The film works very well dramatically, but its chief interest today is the extraordinary portrait of Heathrow Airport as it was in the mid-1950s. In those days you could drive a car right onto the tarmac. Ah, those were the days, before everybody got up tight. Anyone interested in the history of commercial aviation needs to see this film, it is a 'must'. And it is very entertaining as well. It is not done in a semi-documentary style at all but is entirely done as a dramatic film which incorporates the details of the airport and shows how everything works.
Reviewed by Buzzaki 7 / 10

What a hoot!

I stumbled across this gem of a period piece recently, and the airline enthusiast in me couldn't pass it up. I wasn't disappointed. Heathrow (pardon me.... London Airport) is bustling with efficient airline personnel, sharply dressed and not at all worked up over the 12-hour delay caused by a thick London fog. Passengers all receive individualized attention, and are guided through their layover by attendants who address them each by name. These are innocent times for air travel. The airport restaurant divides those who have been through customs from those who haven't by simply hanging a red cordon across the middle of the room. No metal detectors or baggage scanners here. My favorite scene is the final one, an over-the-top display of the many different ethnicities in the terminal lobby, all in pairs, all wearing native dress. It's a contrived and forced attempt to create an environment which is natural today. Oh yes.... the love story? Of course it's there, along with all of the expected trappings of a 1955 B&W drama. But don't watch this film for the love story. Watch it for a loving recollection of the early days of air travel in all its naive glamour.
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