Devil Dogs of the Air (1935)

Director:

Lloyd Bacon

Writers:

John Monk Saunders (story)
Malcolm Stuart Boylan (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

9 February 1935 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Bigger Than "Here Comes The Navy" !

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Irish American | Aviation | Aircraft Carrier | Airplane Accident | Ambulance

Cast

James Cagney	...	Thomas Jefferson 'Tommy' O'Toole
Pat O'Brien	...	Lieut. William R. 'Bill' Brannigan
Margaret Lindsay	...	Betty Roberts
Frank McHugh	...	Crash Kelly, ambulance driver
John Arledge	...	'Mac' MacIntosh, corpsman
Helen Lowell	...	Ma Roberts
Robert Barrat	...	Commandant
Russell Hicks	...	Captain
William B. Davidson	...	Adjutant, a captain (as William Davidson)
Ward Bond	...	Jimmy, senior instructor
Bill Elliott	...	Instructor (as Gordon Elliott)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Edward Brophy	...	Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)
Helen Flint	...	Mrs. Brown (scenes deleted)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #524)

Filming Locations:

North Island Naval Air Station, Coronado, California, USA

Company:

Cosmopolitan Productions

Trivia:

Helen Flint (Mrs. Brown) and Edward Brophy are in studio records/casting call lists as actors in this movie, but they do not appear.

Goofs:

Continuity: The handwriting on the check O'Toole endorses for Betty, and the handwriting on the same check that Betty shows Brannigan, are not the same.

Soundtrack:

Merrily We Roll Along

not very good

This movie was directed by Lloyd Bacon and stars James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. This is probably one of Cagney's worst pictures and also one of the worst Cagney and O'Brien made together with the exception of The Irish In Us. Just a year later Cagney and O'Brien would go on to make Ceiling Zero with Howard Hawks which is a much better movie and you should watch that one instead. There isn't much to the plot like Cagney wanting to join the marines and winds up having to learn how to fly by his old friend O'Brien who is a Lieutenant. O'Brien is engaged to Margaret Lindsay but even after Cagney finds out he doesn't even care and still goes after her. There isn't much to the movie and you should watch one of Cagney's better movies instead.