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Men of the Sky

Film

Men of the Sky

3.5

0h 20m

1942

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.

Director

B. Reeves Eason

DramaWar

world war iipilotvolunteerus militarymilitary trainingair force pilotu.s. army air corpspilot trainingflight trainingwartime propaganda

Cast & Crew

Tod Andrews

Tod Andrews

as Cadet Frank Bickley

Eleanor Parker

Eleanor Parker

as Mrs. Frank Bickley

Don DeFore

Don DeFore

as Cadet Dick Mathews

Ray Montgomery

Ray Montgomery

as Cadet Jim Morgan

Ruth Ford

Ruth Ford

as Cadet Gladdens' Sweetheart

Dave Willock

Dave Willock

as Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens

Owen Crump

as Narrator (voice)

Henry H. Arnold

Henry H. Arnold

as Himself - 'Hap' Arnold

Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

as Farmer (uncredited)

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