Men of the Sky (1942)

5.7/10 20 min Drama War

Overview

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.

Cast

Tod Andrews

Cadet Frank Bickley

Eleanor Parker

Mrs. Frank Bickley

Don DeFore

Cadet Dick Mathews

Ray Montgomery

Cadet Jim Morgan

Ruth Ford

Cadet Gladdens' Sweetheart

Dave Willock

Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens

Henry H. Arnold

Himself - 'Hap' Arnold

Franklyn Farnum

Farmer (uncredited)

Sol Gorss

Shoe Repair Shop Prorietor (uncredited)

Hank Mann

Storekeeper (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

Mr. Mathews (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Mr. Morgan (uncredited)

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