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16 January 1932 (USA) morePlot:
Story of rivalry between 2 Navy pilots on and off duty. | add synopsisUser Comments:
completely formulaic and STILL worth seeing! moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Wallace Beery | ... | CPO H.W. 'Windy' Riker | |
| Clark Gable | ... | CPO Steve Nelson | |
| Conrad Nagel | ... | D.W. 'Duke' Johnson | |
| Dorothy Jordan | ... | Ann Mitchell | |
| Marjorie Rambeau | ... | Mame Kelsey | |
| Marie Prevost | ... | Mrs. Lulu Farnsworth | |
| Cliff Edwards | ... | Baldy | |
| John Miljan | ... | Lt. Cmdr. Jack Griffin | |
| Landers Stevens | ... | Admiral | |
| Reed Howes | ... | Lt. Fisher | |
| Alan Roscoe | ... | Captain, U.S.S Saratoga | |
| Frank Conroy | ... | Chaplain | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Virginia Bruce | ... | Girl (scenes deleted) | |
| John Kelly | ... | Sailor (scenes deleted) | |
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Fun Stuff
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The sailor that "kicks" the block from under the tire of one of the planes is Charles M. Burton. moreSoundtrack:
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Okay, I know that most Wallace Beery films are pretty formulaic and superficial. However, this doesn't mean they were bad. Very few of his films were bad, though many fall in the average category. However, occasionally, his films rose above the mundane, such as DINNER AT EIGHT, GRAND HOTEL, MIN AND BILL and this film. While I will admit this movie isn't up to the standards of the three films I listed, it does approach them in quality and is a decent effort for him and new-comer Clark Gable. In particular, if you are a Gable or airplane buff, like me, you will love this film. It features a lot of great flying sequences you just won't see in many films of the era. Our aircraft carriers and dirigibles just weren't seen as being very important and weren't shown in many films during the Depression era. So, from a purely historic point of view, this is an important film. When you add good acting and dialog and an exciting script, you have an excellent film well worth your time.