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Men of the Sky (1942)

Genre : Drama, War

Runtime : 20M

Director : B. Reeves Eason

Synopsis

A propaganda film, made in the early months of World War II, dramatizing a new group of U.S. Army Air Force pilots receiving their wings from Lt. General H.H. Arnold. An off-screen narrator introduces four of them to us; we see them before the war, during flight training, and in their first assignments as pilots.

Actors

Tod Andrews
Tod Andrews
Cadet Frank Bickley
Eleanor Parker
Eleanor Parker
Mrs. Frank Bickley
Don DeFore
Don DeFore
Cadet Dick Mathews
Ray Montgomery
Ray Montgomery
Cadet Jim Morgan
Ruth Ford
Ruth Ford
Cadet Gladdens' Sweetheart
Dave Willock
Dave Willock
Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens
Owen Crump
Owen Crump
Narrator (voice)
Henry H. Arnold
Henry H. Arnold
Himself - 'Hap' Arnold
Franklyn Farnum
Franklyn Farnum
Farmer (uncredited)
Inez Gay
Inez Gay
Mrs. Mathews (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Sol Gorss
Shoe Repair Shop Prorietor (uncredited)
Harry Harvey Jr.
Harry Harvey Jr.
Jim Morgan, as a Boy (uncredited)
Billy Lechner
Billy Lechner
Little Brother Mathews (uncredited)
Hank Mann
Hank Mann
Storekeeper (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Frank Mayo
Mr. Mathews (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Jack Mower
Mr. Morgan (uncredited)
Lottie Williams
Lottie Williams
Woman Outside Church (uncredited)

Crews

B. Reeves Eason
B. Reeves Eason
Director
Owen Crump
Owen Crump
Writer
Gordon Hollingshead
Gordon Hollingshead
Producer
Charles P. Boyle
Charles P. Boyle
Director of Photography
Harold McLernon
Harold McLernon
Editor
Francis J. Scheid
Francis J. Scheid
Sound

Posters and backgrounds

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