Toward the Unknown

Toward the Unknown
Theatrical film poster
Directed byMervyn LeRoy
Written byBeirne Lay Jr.
Produced byMervyn LeRoy
StarringWilliam Holden
Virginia Leith
Lloyd Nolan
CinematographyHal Rosson
Edited byWilliam H. Ziegler
Music byPaul Baron (Song: "The U.S. Air Force", written by Robert MacArthur Crawford [N 1])
Color processWarnerColor[N 2]
Production
company
Toluca Productions
Distributed byWarner Brothers
Release date
  • October 1956 (1956-10)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.2 million (US)[1]

Toward the Unknown, originally called Flight Test Center and titled Brink of Hell in its UK release, is a 1956 American aviation film about the dawn of supersonic flight filmed on location at Edwards Air Force Base. Starring William Holden, Lloyd Nolan and Virginia Leith, the film features the screen debut of James Garner.

Toward the Unknown was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and written by Beirne Lay, Jr. who had also penned the novel and screenplay for Twelve O'Clock High (1949), and later screenplays for Above and Beyond (1952) and Strategic Air Command (1955). The film's title is derived from the motto of the Air Force Flight Test Center, Ad Inexplorata.[2]


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  1. ^ "The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956." Variety Weekly, January 2, 1957.
  2. ^ Erickson, Glenn. "Toward the Unknown." DVD Savant, June 11, 2011. Retrieved: November 13, 2011.