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Tommy O'Toole
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| Pat O'Brien | ... |
Lieut. Brannigan
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| Margaret Lindsay | ... |
Betty Roberts
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Frank McHugh | ... |
Crash Kelly
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John Arledge | ... |
Mac
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Helen Lowell | ... |
Ma Roberts
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Robert Barrat | ... |
Commandant
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Russell Hicks | ... |
Captain
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William B. Davidson | ... |
Adjutant
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Instructor
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Edward Brophy | ... |
Undetermined Role
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Helen Flint | ... |
Mrs. Brown
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
9 February 1935 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Diablos del aire See more »Box Office
Budget:
$350,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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1.37 : 1
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(1933) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Al Dubin
Played as background music in the café
Sung a cappella by 'Frank McHugh'
Played as dance music at the dance party
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Helen Flint (Mrs. Brown) and Edward Brophy are in studio records/casting call lists as actors in this movie, but they do not appear. See more »Goofs
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. See more »Crazy Credits
To the Navy Department, to the officers and men of the Marine Corps and the fleet, Warner Bros. extend their thanks for invaluable co-operation. See more »Soundtracks
"Shadow Waltz"(1933) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Al Dubin
Played as background music in the café
Sung a cappella by 'Frank McHugh'
Played as dance music at the dance party
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The real founders of the buddy film James Cagney and Pat O'Brien after making their debut in Here Comes the Navy essentially reprise their roles in Devil Dogs of the Air for the Marines.
O'Brien is the no-nonsense flight instructor for the Marines who's written to an old Brooklyn pal James Cagney urging him to join the Corps. Cagney is a circus flier who pretty much knows the flying game inside out.
But he's Cagney and of course he KNOWS he knows it. That does not make for good discipline. But it does make for good raffish, knockabout comedy that Cagney/O'Brien films are known for. Of course there's a girl involved, in this case Margaret Lindsay. Need I say who she winds up with.
The only jarring note in this film is Frank McHugh. During the hey day of the studios, I think Warner Brothers was incapable of making a film without either Frank McHugh or Alan Hale. I usually enjoy Frank McHugh, but in this film he's downright annoying. He's in the medical corps and frustrated because he feels his training is being wasted because no one is ever injured in a crash or otherwise. McHugh is positively ghoulish in awaiting some accident to befall SOMEONE in the film.
However James Cagney is his usual cocksure and charming best and that carried a lot of Warner Brothers films to profit. We the audience profit also by that bouncy Cagney charm.