OUT OF THE CLOUDS - Blu-ray LE [US]

(Basil Dearden, 1955, 89/80 mins)
Release date: 19 August 2025
Limited Edition Blu-ray (World premiere)

From director Basil Dearden and producer Michael Relph (Saraband for Dead Lovers, The Gentle Gunman) comes Out of the Clouds, a star-studded adventure of the burgeoning jet age from Ealing Studios.

A series of stories unfolds over twenty-four hours in a bustling airport: pilot and gambler Gus (Anthony Steel, Another Man’s Poison) finds himself involved in a smuggling ring; duty officer Nick (Robert Beatty, The Gentle Gunman) vies for the attentions of attractive stewardess Penny (Eunice Grayson, Dr. No); and American engineer Bill (David Knight, The Young Lovers), falls for Leah (Margo Lorenz), a young woman en route to marry her fiancé.

With a screenplay co-written by documentary pioneer John Eldrige (Waverley Steps), Out of the Clouds was partly filmed at the then-rapidly expanding London Airport (now known as Heathrow), and boasts a level of realism thanks to technical assistance received from leading airlines and the Ministry of Transport.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• High Definition remaster
  
• Original mono audio
  
• Two presentations of the film: the original UK theatrical version (89 mins); and the shorter US theatrical cut (80 mins)
  
• Making Connections (2025, 10 mins): director and screenwriter James Dearden introduces his father’s work
  
• The BEHP Interview with Robert Beatty (1988, 89 mins): archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the Canadian actor in conversation with Roy Fowler
  
• So Divinely Bossy (2025, 42 mins): film historian Jonathan Rigby reviews the career of multi-faceted character actor James Robertson Justice
  
• Waverley Steps (1948, 31 mins): classic ‘city symphony’ portrait of Edinburgh, directed by Out of the Clouds screenwriter John Eldridge
  
• Image galleries: promotional and publicity material, and dialogue continuity script
  
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  
• Limited edition 40-page booklet with a new essay by Robert Murphy, archival profiles of Eunice Gayson, Margo Lorenz, and James Robertson Justice, extracts from the film’s pressbook, Patrick Russell on Waverley Steps, and full film credits
  
• World premiere on Blu-ray
  
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies for the US

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