X-15 (1961) - The A.V. Club

Cast

David McLean (Matt Powell)Charles Bronson (Lt. Col. Lee Brandon)Ralph Taeger (Maj. Ernest Wilde)Brad Dexter (Maj. Anthony Rinaldi)Kenneth Tobey (Col. Craig Brewster)James Gregory (Tom Deparma)Mary Tyler Moore (Pamela Stewart)Patricia Owens (Margaret Brandon)Lisabeth Hush (Diane Wilde)Stanley Livingston (Mike Brandon)Lauren Gilbert (Col. Jessup)Phil Dean (Maj. McCully)Chuck Stanford (Lt. Cmdr. Joe Lacrosse)Patty McDonald (Susan Brandon)James Stewart (Narrator)Ric Applewhite (Engineer)Robert Dornan (Test Engineer)Darlene Hendricks (Nurse)

Director

Richard Donner

Synopsis

During the Cold War in the 1960s the U.S.A.F. and NASA tested the experimental rocket-powered aircraft X-15 that set altitude and speed records and reached the edge of outer space.

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