Flight Command (1940) (original) (raw)
The night fog is like a soup you can stand your spoon in. But Alan Drake, en route to join the elite Navel Hell Cats fighter squadron, disobeys orders to abandon his aircraft and hit the silk. The headstrong maneuver doesn't sit well with the tightly knit squad. And the team's opinion of Drake will plunge further when he's suspected of romancing the unit commander's wife. Robert Taylor plays the cocksure cadet who must prove himself in this pre-war film whose scenes of aerial training and readiness mirrored America's growing awareness that it may soon be involved in World War II. Taylor ...(more)
The night fog is like a soup you can stand your spoon in. But Alan Drake, en route to join the elite Navel Hell Cats fighter squadron, disobeys orders to abandon his aircraft and hit the silk. The headstrong maneuver doesn't sit well with the tightly knit squad. And the team's opinion of Drake will plunge further when he's suspected of romancing the unit commander's wife. Robert Taylor plays the cocksure cadet who must prove himself in this pre-war film whose scenes of aerial training and readiness mirrored America's growing awareness that it may soon be involved in World War II. Taylor prepared for the role by taking flight lessons and which developed into a lifelong love of aviation. He joined the Navy Air Corps during the war. (less)
Director: Frank Borzage
Writers: Wells Root, Harvey S. Haislip, John Sutherland
Starring: Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey, Walter Pidgeon, William Tannen, Paul Kelly, Shepperd Strudwick
Producers: J. Walter Ruben, Frank Borzage
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