Cast & crew
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Directed by Lewis Gilbert Written by Lewis Gilbert
Cast
| Kenneth More | Douglas Bader |
| Muriel Pavlow | Thelma Bader |
| Ernest Clark | Wing Commander Beiseigel |
| Anne Leon | Sister Thornhill |
| Ronald Adam | Air Vice-Marshal Leigh-Mallory |
| Nigel Green | Streatfeild |
| Charles Carson | Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding |
| Basil Appleby | Crowley-Milling |
| Philip Stainton | Police Constable |
| Beverley Brooks | Sally |
| Eddie Byrne | Flight Sergeant Mills |
| Lee Patterson | Turner |
| Dorothy Alison | Nurse Brace |
| Michael Warre | Harry Day |
| Lyndon Brook | Johnny Sanderson |
| Alexander Knox | Mr. Joyce |
| Sydney Tafler | Robert Desoutter |
| Jack Watling | Peel |
| Howard Marion-Crawford | 'Woody' Woodhall |
| Walter Hudd | Air Vice-Marshal Halahan |
| Michael Ripper | Warrant Officer West |
| Derek Blomfield | Civilian Pilot |
| Avice Landone | Douglas Bader's Mother |
| Eric Pohlmann | Adjutant of Prison Camp |
| Michael Gough | Flying Instructor Pearson |
| Peter Byrne | Civilian Pilot Witnessing Bader's Crash |
| Basil Dignam | Air Ministry Doctor |
| Patrick Westwood | RAF Corporal |
| Anton Diffring | German Stabsfeldwebel |
| Trevor Bannister | Man Listening to Radio |
| Harry Locke | Bates |
| Sam Kydd | Warrant Officer Blake |
| Barry Letts | Tommy |
| Paul Carpenter | Hall (uncredited) |
| Jess Conrad | Cadet Pilot (uncredited) |
| Clive Revill | RAF Batman Helping Bader with His New Legs (uncredited) |
| Vincent Ball | Thelma's cousin (uncredited) |
Crew
| Daniel M. Angel | Producer |
| Jack Asher | Director of Photography |
| Lewis Gilbert | Screenplay |
| Lewis Gilbert | Director |
| Hugh Attwooll | Production Manager |
| Bryan Langley | Special Effects |
| Pearl Orton | Hairdresser |
| John Shirley | Editor |
| Gordon K. McCallum | Sound Recordist |
| Arthur Ridout | Sound Editor |
| Bert Marshall | Special Effects |
| Bob Lawrance | Makeup Artist |
| Bernard Robinson | Art Direction |
| Bill Warrington | Special Effects |
| Harry Gillam | Camera Operator |
| John W. Mitchell | Sound Recordist |
| Shirley Barnes | Continuity |
| Arthur Alcott | Production Controller |
| Vernon Harris | Additional Writing |
| Basil Keys | Assistant Director |
| Anthony Nelson Keys | Associate Producer |
| Paul Brickhill | Book |
| James Hill | Second Unit Director |
| Julie Harris | Costume Design |
| John Addison | Original Music Composer |
| H.M.A. Day | Technical Advisor |
| Muir Mathieson | Music Director |