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28/10/1942 Drama, Romance, War 1h 18m
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For two pilots, one woman became a conflict of interest.

Overview

On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Stackhouse, competes with Britt for the affections of Kay Saunders, the daughter of a local rancher. Despite their differences, Britt makes sure Sutton passes his training and becomes a combat pilot -- even though he loses Kay to the young man in the process.

  1. William A. Wellman

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Preston Foster

    Steve Britt

  2. John Sutton

    Peter Stackhouse

  3. Gene Tierney

    Kay Saunders

  4. Jack Holt

    Colonel MacDonald

  5. May Whitty

    Lady Jane Stackhouse

  6. George Barbier

    Col. Cyrus P. 'Gramps' Saunders

  7. Richard Haydn

    George Lockwood

  8. Reginald Denny

    Barrett

  9. Ted North

    Cadet Hackzell

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-12-22
"Steve" (Preston Foster) is a veteran flyer drafted into teach some new recruits from the USA, China and the UK to fly combat missions during the Second World War. It's on this mission that he hopes to rekindle his relationship with "Kay" (an underused Gene Tierney) but an unexpected fly soon appears in that particular ointment. He takes the form of "Stackhouse" (John Sutton) - a British pilot who is as keen as mustard but suffers from air-sickness. Hardly validating, indeed his bosses want to send him back for a desk job but his trainer reckons he has what it takes - if only he can discover w...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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