Pilot #5 (1943)
1h 11m
Running Time
June 24, 1943Release Date
Pilot #5 (1943)
1h 11m
Running Time
June 24, 1943Release Date
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Plot.
A small group of Allied soldiers and airmen on Java are being bombed by Japanese 'planes daily. With only one working fighter of their own, and five pilots anxious to fly it, the Dutch commander chooses George Collins to fly a mission to drop a 500-lb bomb on the Japanese carrier lying offshore. As the flight progresses, the commander asks the other pilots to tell him about George. They recount his rise from brilliant law student, through the time he became involved in the corrupt machine of his state's Governor, and his attempts to redeem himself, both in his own eyes, and in Fredie, his long-time love.
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Cast & Crew.
Franchot Tone
Lieutenant George Braynor Collins
Marsha Hunt
Freddie
Gene Kelly
Vito S. Alessandro
Van Johnson
Everett Arnold
Alan Baxter
Winston Davis
Dick Simmons
Henry Willoughby Claven
George Sidney
Director
Peter Lawford
British Soldier
David Hertz
Writer
Steven Geray
Major Eichel
Robert Hardy Andrews
Writer
B.P. Fineman
Producer
Howard Freeman
Hank Durban
Lennie Hayton
Composer
Frank Puglia
Nikola
Paul Vogel
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 24, 1943
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 11m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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Wiki.
Pilot #5 (a.k.a. Destination Tokyo, Skyway to Glory, and The Story of Number Five) is a 1943 black-and-white World War II propaganda film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced by B. P. Fineman, directed by George Sidney, that stars Franchot Tone, Marsha Hunt, Gene Kelly, and Van Johnson. Pilot #5 marked Gene Kelly's dramatic film debut.