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X-15

X-15

The Rocket Ship That Challenged Outer Space!

1961•1h 47m•6.1/10
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Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.1/10(16)

X-15 is a 1961 movie that tells a fictionalized account of the X-15 research rocket plane, the men who flew it and the women who loved them.

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Production

United Artists, Essex Productions

Language

NL

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

David McLean

David McLean

Matt Powell

Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson

Lt. Col. Lee Brandon

Mary Tyler Moore

Mary Tyler Moore

Pamela Stewart

Stanley Livingston

Stanley Livingston

Mike Brandon

Ralph Taeger

Ralph Taeger

Maj. Ernest Wilde

Brad Dexter

Brad Dexter

Maj. Anthony Rinaldi

Kenneth Tobey

Kenneth Tobey

Col. Craig Brewster

James Gregory

James Gregory

Tom Deparma

Patricia Owens

Patricia Owens

Margaret Brandon

James Stewart

James Stewart

Himself / Narrator (voice)

Lisabeth Hush

Lisabeth Hush

Diane Wilde

Lauren Gilbert

Col. Jessup

Frank Watkins

Security Policeman

Dick Wilson

Dick Wilson

Flight Engineer

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