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The High Flying Spy is a 1972 American television film produced by Walt Disney Productions.[1] Directed by Vincent McEveety, it originally aired in three parts on NBC's The Wonderful World of Disney on October 22, October 29, and November 5, 1972.[2]
The film is based on the 1967 novel High Spy by Robert Edmond Alter.[3] It is about Thaddeus S. C. Lowe and his use of a hot-air balloon to conduct reconnaissance for the Union Army during the American Civil War.[4]
Cast
[edit]- Darren McGavin as John Jay Forrest
- Stuart Whitman as Thaddeus Lowe
- Richard Farnsworth as the Farmer
- Shug Fisher as Capt. Rob
- Jim Davis as Col. Porter
- Robert Pine as Lt. Larson
- Larry D. Mann as the Sheriff
- Tom Lester as the Traveling Photographer
- Kelton Garwood as Zeke
- Vincent Van Patten as Davey
- Andrew Prine as Lt. Thomas
- Jeff Corey as Gen. McClellan
- Roger Perry as Maj. Dark
- John Smith as Aeronaut Representative
- Roy Roberts as James Whitfield
- Arthur Space as Grandpa Clemens
- John Zaremba as the Balloon Judge
- Bryan O'Byrne as the Telegraph Operator
- William Bryant as Gen. Magruder
- Ken Swofford as the Patrol Officer
- Marc Hannibal as Matthew
- Don Carter as Johnny
- Jay Ripley as Confederate Soldier
- John Flinn as Lt. Johnson
- Voltaire Perkins as the Chief Telegraph Operator
- Roger Torrey as Burly Sgt.
- Ken Del Conte as Third Reporter
- Kenner G. Kemp as Jasper
- George Tracy as Newspaperman
References
- ↑ "The High Flying Spy (television)". D23.
- ↑ Smith, Dave (1998). Disney A to Z: The Updated Official Encyclopedia. Disney Editions. ISBN 978-0-7868-6391-4.
- ↑ Cotter, Bill (1997). The Wonderful World of Disney Television. Hyperion Books. ISBN 0-7868-6359-5.
- ↑ "The High Flying Spy". Rotten Tomatoes.