Flight Command (1940)
1h 56m
Running Time
December 27, 1940Release Date
Flight Command (1940)
1h 56m
Running Time
December 27, 1940Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn't make a great first impression when he is forced to ditch his airplane and parachute to safety when he arrives at the base but is unable to land due to heavy fog. On his first day on the job, his poor shooting skills results in the Hellcats losing an air combat competition. His fellow pilots accept him anyways but they think he's crossed the line when they erroneously conclude that while their CO Billy Gray is away, Drake has an affair with his wife Lorna. Drake is now an outcast and is prepared to resign from the Navy but his extreme heroism in saving Billy Gray's life turns things around.
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Cast & Crew.
Robert Taylor
Ensign Alan Drake
Ruth Hussey
Lorna Gary
Walter Pidgeon
Squadron Comdr. Bill Gary
Paul Kelly
Lieut. Comdr. 'Dusty' Rhodes
Shepperd Strudwick
Lieut. Jerry Banning
Red Skelton
Lieut. 'Mugger' Martin
Nat Pendleton
C.P.O. 'Spike' Knowles
Dick Purcell
Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
William Tannen
Lieut. Freddy Townsend
William Stelling
Lieut. Bush
Stanley Smith
Lieut. Frost
Addison Richards
Vice Admiral
Frank Borzage
Director
Donald Douglas
1st Duty Officer
Wells Root
Writer
Harvey S. Haislip
Writer
Pat Flaherty
2nd Duty Officer
Forbes Murray
Captain
John Sutherland
Writer
J. Walter Ruben
Producer
Marsha Hunt
Claire
Cliff Danielson
Hell Cat
Franz Waxman
Composer
Bob Davis
Hell Cat
Harold Rosson
Cinematographer
Lee Tung Foo
Jung, Gary's Servant
Robert Kern
Editor
Reed Hadley
Admiral's Aide
John Hamilton
Pensacola Commander
Otto Han
Gogo, Officer's Club Attendant
Hal Le Sueur
Hell Cat
Jack Luden
Hell Cat
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 27, 1940
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 56m
Genres
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navy
Wiki.
Flight Command is a 1940 American U.S. Navy film from MGM, produced by Frank Borzage
and directed by J. Walter Ruben and Frank Borzage (uncredited), starring Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey, and Walter Pidgeon. It has the distinction of often being credited as the first Hollywood film glorifying the American military to be released after the outbreak of World War II in Europe, a year before the U.S. entered the conflict.
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