Men of the Sky (1942)
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)Recommendations
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