Shadow in the Sky

Shadow in the Sky
Directed by	Fred M. Wilcox
Starring	Ralph Meeker Nancy Davis James Whitmore
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	1952
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$787,000
Box office	$320,000

Shadow in the Sky is a 1952 film drama starring Ralph Meeker and Nancy Davis.

Plot

Lou and Betty Hopke, who own a gas station in California, feel they owe help to Burt, an ex-Marine who has been confined to a veteran's hospital since the war. Lou is indebted for Burt's having saved his life in combat, and Burt is also Betty's brother.

Whenever it rains, Burt is stricken with terrible memories and panic attacks. Although they want to let Burt live in their home, Lou and Betty worry about his volatile behavior around their two young children.

Stella Murphy has met Burt at a hospital dance and urges him to find a home of his own. She wants him to move to Oregon with her and work on her grandfather's farm, but that region's rainy climate discourages him. Burt decides to invest in the Hopkes' gas station, causing an angry Stella to leave him.

Lou and Betty own a small boat, and their young son Chris keeps pleading with Burt to take him sailing. One day the boy stows away, and he and Burt are caught at sea in a raging storm. The boy falls overboard, but his cries of help remind him of how he saved Lou's life in another torrential downpour. He rescues the boy, after which everyone is assured that Burt is going to be all right.

Cast

• Ralph Meeker as Burt
• Nancy Davis as Betty
• James Whitmore as Lou
• Jean Hagen as Stella

Reception

The film was a major financial disaster despite its low cost. According to MGM records the movie earned $244,000 in the US and Canada and $76,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $644,000.

External links

• Shadow in the Sky at TCMDB
• Shadow in the Sky at IMDb