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20,000 Men a Year

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20,000 Men a Year

They lived on the end of a smoldering fuse!

5.5

1h 24m

1939

“They lived on the end of a smoldering fuse!”

Synopsis

Pilot disobeys unsafe orders and loses his job. He then starts a flying school which receives a boost when the government launches a program which it hopes will produce 20,000 pilots a year.

Director

Alfred E. Green

Action

Cast & Crew

Randolph Scott

Randolph Scott

as Brad Reynolds

Preston Foster

Preston Foster

as Jim Howell

Margaret Lindsay

Margaret Lindsay

as Ann Rogers

Mary Healy

Mary Healy

as Joan Marshall

Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw

as Tommy Howell

George Ernest

George Ernest

as Skip Rogers

Jane Darwell

Jane Darwell

as Mrs. Allen

Kane Richmond

Kane Richmond

as Al Williams

Maxie Rosenbloom

Maxie Rosenbloom

as Walt Dorgan

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