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30/08/1949 Drama, Romance, War 1h 56m
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Nothing ever like it ! Nothing you ever liked more !

Overview

After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott and his pals spend the next two decades promoting the superiority of naval air power. But military and political "red tape" continually frustrate their efforts, prompting Scott to even consider leaving the Navy for a more lucrative civilian job. Then the world enters a second World War and Scott finally gets the opportunity to prove to Washington the valuable role aircraft carriers could play in winning the conflict. But what will it cost him and his comrades personally?

  1. Delmer Daves

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Gary Cooper

    Jonathan L. Scott

  2. Jane Wyatt

    Mary Morgan

  3. Wayne Morris

    McKinney

  4. Walter Brennan

    Pete Richard

  5. Julie London

    Barbara McKinney

  6. Jack Holt

    Captain Reeves

  7. Stanley Ridges

    Sen. Bentley

  8. John Ridgely

    Dixie Rankin

  9. Richard Rober

    Lt. Jack Southern

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-09
Told by way of a retrospective on the career of "Adm. Scott" (Gary Cooper) this is quite an interesting story of the evolution of the aircraft carrier and the training and development of naval piloting skills dating back to the 1920s - when the ships looked little more stable than upturned irons, and a fair degree of the pilots were injured or worse as they tried to land amidst a pitching sea with crosswinds galore. The aerial photography is superb, giving us quite an insight into the perils of trying to land a flimsily built aircraft on a 65 foot long object, in the middle of the sea. That's ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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