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Men of the Sky

Men of the Sky

★ 5.8/10•1942•20m•Drama•War

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.

B. Reeves Eason · Director

Owen Crump · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime20m
LanguageEN
Release DateJul 25, 1942

Actors

Tod Andrews

Tod Andrews

Cadet Frank Bickley

Eleanor Parker

Eleanor Parker

Mrs. Frank Bickley

Don DeFore

Don DeFore

Cadet Dick Mathews

Ray Montgomery

Ray Montgomery

Cadet Jim Morgan

Ruth Ford

Ruth Ford

Cadet Gladdens' Sweetheart

Dave Willock

Dave Willock

Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens

Owen Crump

Narrator (voice)

Henry H. Arnold

Henry H. Arnold

Himself - 'Hap' Arnold

Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

Farmer (uncredited)

Inez Gay

Mrs. Mathews (uncredited)

Sol Gorss

Sol Gorss

Shoe Repair Shop Prorietor (uncredited)

Harry Harvey Jr.

Jim Morgan, as a Boy (uncredited)

Billy Lechner

Little Brother Mathews (uncredited)

Hank Mann

Hank Mann

Storekeeper (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

Frank Mayo

Mr. Mathews (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Jack Mower

Mr. Morgan (uncredited)

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