Chain Lightning

Matt Brennan knows how to open eyes to the potential of the experimental jet, the JA-3. He'll pilot it from Nome over the North Pole to Washington, DC and land it on the Pentagon's lap. The distance is beyond the JA-3's tested range. Nor can the craft provide the pressurization needed for flight at 80,000 feet. But Brennan has some modifications in mind. And the courage to put them to the test. Humphrey Bogart plays Brennan in Chain Lightning's lofty mix of adventure and romance. Eleanor Parker, as a World War II flame who reenters Brennan's life, fuels the romance. And the adventure takes wing with a story that, like Breaking the Sound Barrier, the McConnell Story and other postwar films, taps into the era's fascination with jet aviation. Cleared for takeoff.

Director: Stuart Heisler
Producer: Anthony Veiller
Actor: Humphrey Bogart
Actor: Eleanor Parker
Actor: Raymond Massey
Actor: Richard Whorf
Actor: James Brown
Actor: Fred Sherman
Actor: John Morgan
Actor: Hershel Dougherty
Actor: Tommy Walker
Actor: Jack Reynolds
Actor: William Lankin
Actor: Peter Ortiz
Actor: Fred E. Sherman
Actor: Roy Roberts
Actor: Morris Ankrum
Actor: Fay Baker
Actor: Claudia Barrett
Actor: Clark Howatt
Actor: Lonnie Pierce
Actor: Joe Smith
Actor: Clarence Straight
Actor: Alan Wood
Actor: John Crawford
Actor: Joey Ray
Actor: Henry Vroom
Actor: John Rogers
Actor: Major Sam Harris
Actor: Mike P. Donovan