Men of the Sky
1942•20m•5.8•Released
DramaWar
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
Writer
Owen Crump
Languages
English
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
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
Owen Crump
Narrator (voice)
Henry H. Arnold
Himself - 'Hap' Arnold
Franklyn Farnum
Farmer (uncredited)
Inez Gay
Mrs. Mathews (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Shoe Repair Shop Prorietor (uncredited)
Harry Harvey Jr.
Jim Morgan, as a Boy (uncredited)
Billy Lechner
Little Brother Mathews (uncredited)
Hank Mann
Storekeeper (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Mr. Mathews (uncredited)
Production
Company
Warner Bros. Pictures
Company
The Vitaphone Corporation
Producer
Gordon Hollingshead
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