Movie Review: Bailout at 43,000 (1957)
Synopsis: After a series of successful tests with dummies, the Air Research and Development Command is ready to use human test subjects for its new downward ejection seat, designed to allow bombardiers to escape from high altitudes. Major Paul Peterson has been called back to active service and is in line to test the ejection seat. However, when the first test results in the volunteer suffering a broken neck, Paul, who has a wife and son, is reluctant to go through with his duty. Who’s in it? The movie stars John Payne , Karen Steele , Paul Kelly , Richard Eyer and Eddie Firestone . Review: I’ve had Bailout at 43,000 in my library for a few weeks but every time I was going to watch it, came across something else I wanted to watch more. I finally got around to seeing the movie this morning and while I started out having some doubts about it, it turned out to be a decent choice. This is a different type of war movie. There are no gun battles and not a whole lot of action ov...