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Overview

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6.0/10   87 votes
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Director:
Mitchell Leisen
Writers:
Eleanore Griffin (story)
Sig Herzig (writer)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
26 March 1941 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Story follows the training and personal lives of three recruits in the Army Air Corps --- a wealthy playboy... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. more
User Comments:
Influenced my life and career. more (7 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ray Milland ... Jeff Young

William Holden ... Al Ludlow
Wayne Morris ... Tom Cassidy

Brian Donlevy ... Capt. Mercer
Constance Moore ... Carolyn Bartlett

Veronica Lake ... Sally Vaughn
Harry Davenport ... 'Sandbags' Riley
Phil Brown ... Jimmy Masters
Edward Fielding ... President of the Court
Willard Robertson ... Judge Advocate
Richard Lane ... Flight Commander
Addison Richards ... Flight Surgeon
Hobart Cavanaugh ... Mickey
Douglas Aylesworth ... Lt. Hopkins
John Trent ... Lt. Ronson
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
131 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, USA more
Company:
Paramount Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Ed Wood (1994) more
Soundtrack:
BORN TO LOVE more

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User Comments

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Influenced my life and career., 3 September 2006
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Author: aushop from United States

I was either 12 or 13 when I saw this movie and it probably had much to do with my becoming a United States Air Force pilot. Shortly after I saw the movie my father and I attended the grand opening of Ellington Field in Houston and I saw a P-38 and fell in love with aviation.

I have seen the movie again in recent years and after twenty-nine years in the Air Force tend to pick the movie apart for the "Hollywood" production which is frequently quite different from the real world. However, it was an outstanding movie for its time and I probably have many fellow aviators that this movie influenced when they were young and impressionable.

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