Test Pilot (1938)
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 7
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 2
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Test Pilot is one of those irresistible MGM potboilers of the 1930s that coast along on sheer star power. Clark Gable plays a courageous test pilot, who compromises his achievements with his frequent bouts of drinking. Gable's mechanic, Spencer Tracy, does what he can to keep his boss out of trouble. While testing a new aircraft, Gable is forced to land on a Midwestern farm, where he meets and falls in love with Myrna Loy. Gable and Loy marry, whereupon he is fired by his boss Lionel Barrymore,
Jan 1, 1938 Wide
Dec 11, 1991
Cast
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Clark Gable
Jim Lane -
Myrna Loy
Ann Barton -
Spencer Tracy
Gunner Sloane -
Lionel Barrymore
Howard B. Drake -
Samuel S. Hinds
Gen. Ross -
Marjorie Main
Landlady -
Ted Pearson
Joe -
Gloria Holden
Mrs. Benson -
Louis Jean Heydt
Benson -
Virginia Grey
Sarah -
Priscilla Lawson
Mable -
Claudia Coleman
Mrs. Barton -
Arthur Ayleswofth
Frank Barton -
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Jack Cheatham
Attendant -
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Dix Davis
Kids -
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Billy Engle
Little Man -
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James Flavin
Pilot -
Byron Foulger
Designer -
Gregory Gaye
Grant -
Arthur Stuart Hull
Floorwalker -
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Mary Howard
Movie Leading Woman -
Frank Jaquet
Motor Expert -
Gladden James
Interne -
Donald Kerr
Drake Mechanic -
Wally Maher
Mechanic -
Douglas McPhail
Singing Pilot in Cafe -
Buddy Messinger
Field Mechanic -
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Garry Owen
Pilot -
Alonzo Price
Weatherman -
Cyril Ring
N.A.A. Official -
Henry Roquemore
Fat Man -
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Sid Saylor
Boss Leader -
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Frank Sully
Pilots in Cafe -
Phillip Terry
Photographer -
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Dorothy Vaughan
Fat Woman -
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Tom O'Grady
Bartender -
Dudley Clements
Mr. Brown -
Roger Converse
Advertising Man -
Estelle Etterre
Saleslady -
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W.J. O'Brien
Waiter -
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Brent Sargent
Movie Leading Man
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All Critics (7) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (2)
Test Pilot is an actioner against a new approach to the aviation theme, fortified by a strong romance.
Top CriticOne of the best Hollywood aviation dramas.
Myrna Loy's favorite movie role.
Combining adventure, melodrama, and thrilling aerial sequences, Victor Fleming's film is a typical MGM star vehicle of the Depression, showing to an advantage the charisma of Gable, Tracy, and Myrna Loy.
Super MGM WWII actioner + tear jerker.
It wants to be a grand story of love and adventure and the call of ever-increasing speed and height, but it's basically just Top Gun, fifty years earlier.
The stellar combination of Cable, Tracey and Loy is irrestistible, even if the plot is a little trite.
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Foreign Titles
- Test Pilot (1938) (DE)
- Test Pilot (1938) (UK)
