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Shadow in the Sky is a american film of genre Drama directed by Fred M. Wilcox released in USA on 18 july 1952 with Ralph Meeker
Shadow in the Sky (1952)
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Add to a movie listShadow in the Sky is a 1952 film drama starring Ralph Meeker and Nancy Davis.
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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.Actors
Ralph Meeker
(Burt)
Jean Hagen
(Stella Murphy)
James Whitmore
(Lou Hopke)
Eduard Franz
(The Doctor)
John Rollin Lupton
(Clayton)
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