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Out of the Clouds

1955 · 89 min

A gentle, multi-stranded airport drama where grounded flights let strangers' lives and loves quietly intertwine.

Directed by
Basil Dearden
Genres
Drama
Starring
Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty, David Knight
Overview
A bustling 24-hour period at London Airport grounded by heavy fog finds multiple intersecting storylines following the lives, romances and personal crises of various airline crew members, ground staff and passengers.

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Directed by
Basil Dearden
Genres
Drama
Starring
Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty, David Knight
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • isolation
  • redemption
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Basil Dearden
Written by
Michael Relph, John Eldridge
Starring
Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty, David Knight, Margo Lorenz, James Robertson Justice, Eunice Gayson, Gordon Harker, Marie Lohr
Music
Richard Addinsell
Cinematography
Paul Beeson
Runtime
89 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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