Test Pilot (1938) 6.8
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. Director:Victor Fleming |
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Test Pilot (1938) 6.8
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. Director:Victor Fleming |
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| Clark Gable | ... |
Jim
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| Myrna Loy | ... |
Ann
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| Spencer Tracy | ... |
Gunner
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| Lionel Barrymore | ... |
Drake
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Samuel S. Hinds | ... |
General Ross
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Marjorie Main | ... |
Landlady
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Ted Pearson | ... |
Joe
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| Gloria Holden | ... |
Mrs. Benson
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Louis Jean Heydt | ... |
Benson
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Virginia Grey | ... |
Sarah
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Priscilla Lawson | ... |
Mable
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Claudia Coleman | ... |
Mrs. Barton
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Arthur Aylesworth | ... |
Frank Barton
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Jim Lane is a test pilot, whose professional life is dangerous, and whose personal life compensates for that danger by fast living and recklessness. As such, he lives from paycheck to paycheck, and is often in debt, but knows his lucrative job will eventually get him out of those debts. On a coast to coast record attempt speed flight, Jim's plane, the Drake Bullet (named after the company's owner), hits some mechanical problems and Jim is forced to make an emergency landing on a farmer's field in Kansas. The farm belongs to the Barton family, whose straight talking daughter, Ann Barton, falls for Jim, and visa versa. They impulsively decide to get married and live in New York. Jim's sidekick and mechanic, "Gunner" Morris, doesn't know if Jim and marriage go hand in hand, both because of the type of person he is and his profession. Ann too soon learns that she plays second fiddle to Jim's work, she referring to the sky as Jim's mistress. Ann also truly comes to understand the dangers ... Written by Huggo
Like their movie TOO HOT TO HANDLE, this movie proves that Myrna Loy and Clark Gable made a great team (provided you, of course, don't count Parnell). Their chemistry, though less famous than William Powell and Myrna Loy, is great. The light and fun movies they did together are among my favorites of the 1930s. Now I am NOT saying they are the BEST, as there were many films that were more significant or realistic. But, sometimes I just want a film that is fun for fun's sake and doesn't necessarily have great depth. And you can't do a lot better than this film for just such a film. Wonderful acting, a cute plot and dialog and action combine to make a very enjoyable film that will most likely encourage you to look for more like it.