X-15 is a 1961 dramatic aviation film that presents a fictionalized account of the X-15 research rocket plane program, the test pilots who flew the aircraft and the associated NASA community that supported the program. X-15 starred David McLean, Charles Bronson, Mary Tyler Moore , Kenneth Tobey and James Gregory. The film marked the directorial debut of Richard Donner, and was narrated by James Stewart. The experimental X-15 program at Edwards Air Force Base involves test pilots: civilian Matt Powell , Lt. Col. Lee Brandon and Maj. Ernest Wilde . The cutting edge high-speed program is... ramrodded by project chief Tom Deparma and US Air Force Col. Craig Brewster . As the test pilots prepare for the planned launch of the rocket plane from a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress mother ship, they experience emotional and physical problems, which they share with their wives and sweethearts.
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| Release date: | 1961 |
| Directed by: | Richard Donner |
| Runtime: | 107 Minutes |
| Producer: | Howard W. Koch |
| Screenplay by: | James Warner Bellah |
| Genre: | Action, Adventure |