I admit I am somewhat biased by the subject matter, as I am very intrigued by the 1950's era of rapid aviation development and flight testing.It seemed we were willing to try anything if it would give us a hand-up on the Russians, similar to the effort of the German war technology in WW2 to stave off the Allied advance. At any rate, the movie is an enjoyable time capsule of 1950's test aircraft and prototypes, especially a rare view of the Martin XB-51 (Gilbert XF-120 in the movie)of which none of the two built survive as they were destroyed in real-life crashes.The story-line is of course clichéd and predictable, though loosely based on actual test pilot Pete Everest. Stars William Holden, with a supporting role by James Garner who makes his motion picture debut. By the way, the movie is not available in the mass market, but I paid $45.00 for an excellent (legal) DVD copy off an internet company from Hollywood. It was worth it, as I hadn't seen the movie for 40 years. There is a website for this movie (search under "Toward the Unknown")that mentions the DVD company, as the name escapes me.
Review of Toward the Unknown
