Most
of the cast of this little-known gem is British, as are the look and
feel of the film, but the lead actor is Jimmy Stewart. Aeronautical
engineer Theodore Honey is the quintessential absent-minded professor:
eccentric, forgetful, brilliant – a sober version of Stewart's Elwood P.
Dowd, character in HARVEY. Honey’s math shows that the passenger
aircraft Reindeer, manufactured by his employers, has a deadly
structural design flaw that manifests itself without warning after a
certain number of flying hours. Of course, nobody believes him despite
the recent, unexplained crash of one of the planes. En route to the
crash site to gather evidence, Honey discovers that he is aboard a
Reindeer which is rapidly approaching the predicted deadline. He warns
the crew and several passengers, but after a safe landing, Honey is
ridiculed by almost everyone. Then, moments later, the tail of the
Reindeer Honey has been testing falls off and proves him a hero. Mixed
in with the suspenseful will-it-or-won't-it-crash moments,
NO HIGHWAY IN THE SKY is filled with others of gentle humor and tremendous warmth.
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