Flight Command (1940)

ALL 12/27/1940 (en) Drama, War 116 Min
  • Release
    12/27/1940
  • Production
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Rotten tomato
    54%
  • Original title
    Flight Command
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

T-H-R-I-L-L AMERICA! Here come The Flying "HELL CATS"!

Overview

A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn't make a great first impression when he is forced to ditch his airplane and parachute to safety when he arrives at the base but is unable to land due to heavy fog. On his first day on the job, his poor shooting skills results in the Hellcats losing an air combat competition. His fellow pilots accept him anyways but they think he's crossed the line when they erroneously conclude that while their CO Billy Gray is away, Drake has an affair with his wife Lorna. Drake is now an outcast and is prepared to resign from the Navy but his extreme heroism in saving Billy Gray's life turns things around.

  1. Frank Borzage

    Director

  2. Editor

  3. Producer



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Casts

  1. Robert Taylor

    Ens. Alan Drake

  2. Ruth Hussey

    Lorna Gray

  3. Walter Pidgeon

    Squadron Commander Billy Gary

  4. Paul Kelly

    Lieut. Cmdr. 'Dusty' Rhodes

  5. Shepperd Strudwick

    Lieut. Jerry Banning

  6. Red Skelton

    Lieut. 'Mugger' Martin

  7. Nat Pendleton

    C.P.O. 'Spike' Knowles

  8. Dick Purcell

    Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

  9. William Tannen

    Lieut. Freddy Townsend

  10. William Stelling

    Lieut. Bush

  11. Stanley Smith

    Lieut. Frost

  12. Addison Richards

    Vice Admiral

  13. Donald Douglas

    1st Duty Officer

  14. Pat Flaherty

    2nd Duty Officer

  15. Forbes Murray

    Captain

  16. Marsha Hunt

    Claire

  17. Cliff Danielson

    Hell Cat

  18. Bob Davis

    Hell Cat

  19. Lee Tung Foo

    Jung, Gary's Servant

  20. Reed Hadley

    Admiral's Aide

  21. John Hamilton

    Pensacola Commander

  22. Otto Han

    Gogo, Officer's Club Attendant

  23. Hal Le Sueur

    Hell Cat

  24. Jack Luden

    Hell Cat

  25. James Millican

    North Island Tower Operator (voice)

  26. Alberto Morin

    Waiter

  27. Tom Neal

    Hell Cat

  28. George Offerman, Jr.

    Small Sailor on Downed Seaplane

  29. Claire Owen

    Mrs. Frost

  30. Steve Pendleton

    North Island Tower Operator

  31. John Raitt

    Hell Cat

  32. Walter Sande

    Officer on Downed Seaplane

  33. James Seay

    Officer on Downed Seaplane

  34. John Sheehan

    Friendly Mechanic

  35. Dick Wessel

    Big Sailor on Downed Seaplane

  36. Gayne Whitman

    Doctor

  37. Gilbert Wilson

    Hell Cat

  38. Bruce Edwards

    Hell Cat

  39. Howard Wilson

    Hell Cat

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 39 , Crews : 5

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Flight Command (1940) 116 Min

ALL 12/27/1940 (en)
Drama, War
  • Release 12/27/1940
  • Production
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Original title Flight Command
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

T-H-R-I-L-L AMERICA! Here come The Flying "HELL CATS"!

Overview

A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn't make a great first impression when he is forced to ditch his airplane and parachute to safety when he arrives at the base but is unable to land due to heavy fog. On his first day on the job, his poor shooting skills results in the Hellcats losing an air combat competition. His fellow pilots accept him anyways but they think he's crossed the line when they erroneously conclude that while their CO Billy Gray is away, Drake has an affair with his wife Lorna. Drake is now an outcast and is prepared to resign from the Navy but his extreme heroism in saving Billy Gray's life turns things around.

  1. Frank Borzage

    Director

  2. John Sutherland, Harvey S. Haislip

    Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer