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22 April 1938 (USA)
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I Can't Quit . . . I'm a Test Pilot more
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Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe. | add synopsis
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Nominated for 3 Oscars.
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Gable and Tracy and Barrymore and Loy! Great Movie!
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Clark Gable | ... | Jim Lane |
 | Myrna Loy | ... | Ann Barton |
 | Spencer Tracy | ... | Gunner Morris |
 | Lionel Barrymore | ... | Howard B. Drake |
 | Samuel S. Hinds | ... | General Ross |
| Marjorie Main | ... | Landlady |
| Ted Pearson | ... | Joe |
| Gloria Holden | ... | Mrs. Benson |
| Louis Jean Heydt | ... | Benson |
| Virginia Grey | ... | Sarah |
| Priscilla Lawson | ... | Mable |
| Claudia Coleman | ... | Mrs. Barton |
| Arthur Aylesworth | ... | Frank Barton |
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118 min
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Continuity: Jim Lane is seen with a bottle of champagne in one hand, a glass in the other. He pours himself a glass of champagne and starts to say a line of dialogue; the camera angle changes before he finishes his sentence, but now the bottle and the glass have suddenly switched hands.
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Featured in The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988) (TV)
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The Prisoner's Song
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What a fantastic movie! This shows Clark Gable at his peak, just a year before Gone with the Wind, and Spencer Tracy near his beginning. With masterful directing on the part of Victor Fleming, cameras put you in the pilot's seat as you do barrel rolls and loops and dives. Gable and Tracy's beautiful friendship embraces their love of flying, and the two are inseparable, even after Myrna Loy enters the picture. Gable and Tracy act extremely well together, so it's surprising to me that this is their only movie together. Myrna Loy is a delight, as she is a departure from the eye candy role women traditionally played in those days. She actually acts, and she does it very well. And of course there is the immortal Lionel Barrymore, playing the same role of Mr. Potter in It's a Wonderful Life, but without the greed. And, surprisingly, he offers very touching, and very accurate advice to Gable in the end. A great movie, a joy to watch again and again!