Wild in the Sky

Wild in the Sky is a 1972 American action comedy film directed by William T. Naud and starring Georg Stanford Brown, Brandon De Wilde, Keenan Wynn, Tim O'Connor, and Dick Gautier. The film was released as Black Jack in New York in December 1973. The film was released by American International Pictures on March 1972.[1][2][3]

Wild in the Sky
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam T. Naud
Written byDick Gautier
Peter Marshall
William T. Naud (story)
Screenplay byWilliam T. Naud
Produced byRalph Andrews
Dick Gautier
William T. Naud
StarringGeorg Stanford Brown
Brandon deWilde
Keenan Wynn
Tim O'Connor
Dick Gautier
CinematographyThomas E. Spalding
Edited byMichael Kahn
William T. Naud
Music byJerry Styner
Production
company
Bald Eagle Productions
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures
Release date
  • March 1972 (1972-03)
  • December 1973 (1973-12) (New York)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Three draft age boys are caught with marijuana during the Vietnam War Era.

The judge hates "Hippies" so sentences them to prison.

They are on a prison bus going to prison. The bus driver has to go to the bathroom so stops at a remote and poorly maintained wayside to use the outhouse.

The outhouse floor is rotted and so the driver falls through killing him.

The driver had failed to set the parking brake on the prison bus. So it rolls down the highway falling into and down a canyon.

After some minor trouble three boys free themselves. Discover that the driver is dead.

Then discover that the bus had rolled onto a air bases property.

They decide to steal uniforms. board a plane going to Vietnam, getting off in the Philippines. Since they are not on the passenger list they will make a clean get away.

The three boys knowing nothing about air force planes get on a B 52 bomber instead of a troop passenger plane.

The B 52 bomber crew quickly figure out that their new crew members know nothing about working on a bomber crew.

The three boys having been found out then take over the bomber. With the plan to Hijack the bomber to Cuba.

When they figure out that the United States will never let them take a nuclear bomb to Cuba they give up the plan.

All the bomber crew except the pilot decide to escape and parachute out.

The movie ends with the bomber airlessly flying over the United States.

Cast

References
  1. "Black Jack". afi.com. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  2. "Wild in the Sky". AllMovie. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  3. "Wild in the Sky". TCM.com. Retrieved 5 May 2018.


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