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God Is My Co-Pilot

  • 19451945
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 30m
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Alan Hale, Dane Clark, Andrea King, Raymond Massey, and Dennis Morgan in God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
During WW2, American volunteer pilots are stationed in China where, as part of the Flying Tigers unit, they dog-fight against Japanese warplanes.
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During WW2, American volunteer pilots are stationed in China where, as part of the Flying Tigers unit, they dog-fight against Japanese warplanes.During WW2, American volunteer pilots are stationed in China where, as part of the Flying Tigers unit, they dog-fight against Japanese warplanes.During WW2, American volunteer pilots are stationed in China where, as part of the Flying Tigers unit, they dog-fight against Japanese warplanes.

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  • Director
    • Robert Florey
  • Writers
    • Robert Lee Scott Jr.(book)
    • Peter Milne(screenplay)
    • Abem Finkel(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Dennis Morgan
    • Raymond Massey
    • Dane Clark
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  • Director
    • Robert Florey
  • Writers
    • Robert Lee Scott Jr.(book)
    • Peter Milne(screenplay)
    • Abem Finkel(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Dennis Morgan
    • Raymond Massey
    • Dane Clark
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    Dennis Morgan in God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
    Dennis Morgan in God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
    Alan Hale and Dennis Morgan in God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
    Dane Clark in God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
    Alan Hale and Raymond Massey in God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
    God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
    Alan Hale, Andrea King, Raymond Massey, and Dennis Morgan in God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
    Andrea King and Dennis Morgan in God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)

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    Dennis Morgan
    Dennis Morgan
    • Col. Robert Lee Scottas Col. Robert Lee Scott
    Raymond Massey
    Raymond Massey
    • Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennaultas Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
    Dane Clark
    Dane Clark
    • Johnny Petachas Johnny Petach
    Alan Hale
    Alan Hale
    • Big Mike Harriganas Big Mike Harrigan
    Andrea King
    Andrea King
    • Catherine Scottas Catherine Scott
    John Ridgely
    John Ridgely
    • David 'Tex' Hillas David 'Tex' Hill
    Stanley Ridges
    Stanley Ridges
    • Col. Merian 'Steve' Cooperas Col. Merian 'Steve' Cooper
    Craig Stevens
    Craig Stevens
    • Ed Rectoras Ed Rector
    Warren Douglas
    Warren Douglas
    • Bob Nealeas Bob Neale
    Mark Stevens
    Mark Stevens
    • Sgt. Baldridgeas Sgt. Baldridge
    • (as Stephen Richards)
    Charles Smith
    Charles Smith
    • Pvt. Motleyas Pvt. Motley
    Minor Watson
    Minor Watson
    • Col. Caleb V. Haynesas Col. Caleb V. Haynes
    Richard Loo
    Richard Loo
    • Tokyo Joeas Tokyo Joe
    Addison Richards
    Addison Richards
      Donald Woods
      Donald Woods
        Leo Abbey
        • Ground Crewmanas Ground Crewman
        • (uncredited)
        Phyllis Adair
        • American Female Prisoneras American Female Prisoner
        • (uncredited)
        Philip Ahn
        Philip Ahn
        • Hong Kong Radio Announceras Hong Kong Radio Announcer
        • (uncredited)
        • Director
          • Robert Florey
        • Writers
          • Robert Lee Scott Jr.(book)
          • Peter Milne(screenplay)
          • Abem Finkel(screenplay)
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        Robert L. Scott has dreamed his whole life of being a fighter pilot, but when war comes he finds himself flying transport planes over The Hump into China. In China, he persuades General Chennault to let him fly with the famed Flying Tigers, the heroic band of airmen who'd been fighting the Japanese long before Pearl Harbor. Scott gets his chance to fight, ultimately engaging in combat with the deadly Japanese pilot known as Tokyo Joe. —Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
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          • The story of the men who flew by faith and fury !
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        • Trivia
          Richard Loo who plays the notorious "Tokyo Joe" in this film was also in Flying Tigers (1942) as Dr. Tsing who was staff physician for the AVG.
        • Goofs
          When Scotty and Big Mike take off for Asia over the hump, they're in a Douglas C-47. Upon arrival it shows a Curtiss C-46 coming in for final and then finally another shot of a different C-47 landing.
        • Quotes

          Big Mike Harrigan: [Last lines] They who had scorned the thought of any strength except their own to lean on learned at length, how fear can sabotage the bravest heart. And human weakness, answering to the prod of terror, calls: "Help us, O God." Then silence lets the silent voice be heard, bringing its message like a spoken word, "Believe. Believe in me. Cast out your fear. Oh, I am not up there beyond the sky, but here, right here in your heart. I am the strength you seek. Believe."... And they believed.

        • Connections
          Referenced in Cheers: Fear Is My Co-Pilot (1986)

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        7/10
        There's your six feet of China Joe, Go Fill It Up!
        **SPOILERS** WWII war movie about the fabled "Flying Tigers" who battled the Japanese over the skies of China as early as 1937, four years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, and amassed a record of air-to-air combat kills against the Japanese air force of something like 40 to 1.

        The story "God is my Co-Pilot" actually begins in the summer of 1942 with USAF ace Col. Scott, Dennis Morgan, depressed and heart-broken because he can't be part of a major air assault against Japanese forces in China. The movie goes into a flashback where we see how Scott got interested in flying as a young boy back in Georgia and eventually joined the USAF ending up in China as the first US military man to become a member of the "Flying Tigers"; The Tigers were exclusively made up of foreign, mostly Americans,volunteers.

        As you would expect the "Flying Tigers" airmen aren't that hip to a USAF man who's well over combat age, Scott is 34, joining up with their exclusive flying fighters squadrons. In no time at all Scott gets the hang of it and he becomes the hero, and to the battered and bloodied Japs,villain in the Chinese Theater of War. Back home in Macon Georga Scott's exploits make the front pages and his score of air-to air kills against the Japs are posted daily as if it was the score of a Championship Football or World Series Baseball game.

        The movie "God is my Co-Pilot" also has a Japanese villain in the person of Japanese air ace Tokyo Joe, Richard Loo, an American educated Japanese combat pilot who, by the number of USAF kill decals under the side-window of his Zero, seemed to have accounted for all the "Flying Tiger" P-40's shot down in China. Scott has a number of encounters with Tokyo Joe during the air combat in the movie and finally shoots him out of the sky by faking that he's in trouble, his engine is on fire, tricking Joe to lose his composure and overshoot his P-40. Scott ends up putting Joe right in the middle of his cross-hairs and thus became history and yesterdays news. Scott on a mission over Japanese held Hong Kong, where he downed Tokyo Joe, loses control of his plane and crashes and is given up for dead only to show up later alive and rescued by the local Chinese peasants.

        Dennis Morgan is both brave and humble as Col. Robert Lee Scott and even at the hight of the fighting has second thoughts about killing people, Japanese soldiers, even in wartime. Raymond Massey is excellent as the "Flying Tiger" commanded Gen Claire L. Chennault who answers Scott prayers at the end of the movie by giving him one last chance to go into combat. this after he was rendered useless as a combat pilot because of his nerves being shattered, from the combat missions he already flew, and the tropical illnesses he contracted in China. We never really get to know how Scott's last mission turned out since the movie ends before it even begins.

        Watching the movie it's obvious that it was non-other then Richard Loo as the wise-cracking Japanese air ace Tokyo Joe who has the best lines, which he delivers in perfect English, and the scenes with him interacting with the USAF and "Flying Tiger" pilots, like Col. Scott, are by far the best in the movie.
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        • Release date
          • April 7, 1945 (United States)
        • Country of origin
          • United States
        • Languages
          • English
          • Japanese
        • Also known as
          • Rymdens riddare
        • Filming locations
          • Luke Field, Arizona, USA
        • Production company
          • Warner Bros.
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        • Budget
          • $1,970,000 (estimated)
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 30 minutes
        • Color
          • Black and White
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.37 : 1

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