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Test Pilot (1938)

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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,

Unrated, 1 hr. 58 min.

Drama, Classics

Directed By: Victor Fleming

Written By: Vincent Lawrence, Waldemar Young, Howard Hawks

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1938 Wide

On DVD: Dec 11, 1991

Cast

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
Ernie Alexander
Hooper Atchley
Jack Cheatham
Attendant
Nick Copeland
Dix Davis
Kids
James Donlan
Lester Dorr
Donald Douglas
Frank Du Frane
Billy Engle
Little Man
Robert Fiske
James Flavin
Pilot
Byron Foulger
Designer
Gregory Gaye
Grant
Arthur Stuart Hull
Floorwalker
Fay Holden
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
Forbes Murray
Garry Owen
Pilot
Alonzo Price
Weatherman
Cyril Ring
N.A.A. Official
Henry Roquemore
Fat Man
Tom Rutherford
Sid Saylor
Boss Leader
Hudson Shotwell
Martin Spellman
Marilyn Spinner
Charles Sullivan
Frank Sully
Pilots in Cafe
Phillip Terry
Photographer
Richard Tucker
Dorothy Vaughan
Fat Woman
Ray Walker
Dick Winslow
Bobby Caldwell
Tom O'Grady
Bartender
Dudley Clements
Mr. Brown
Roger Converse
Advertising Man
Estelle Etterre
Saleslady
Mitchell Ingraham
Richard Kipling
Cactus Jack Mack
W.J. O'Brien
Waiter
Charles Waldron Jr.
Lulu Mae Bohrman
Brent Sargent
Movie Leading Man

Critic Reviews for Test Pilot

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.

March 26, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety

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One of the best Hollywood aviation dramas.

January 30, 2012 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Myrna Loy's favorite movie role.

August 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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.

March 6, 2009 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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Super MGM WWII actioner + tear jerker.

December 8, 2006 Comment

Steve Crum

Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers

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.

January 15, 2005 Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies

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Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

Goatdog's Movies Source: Goatdog's Movies

The stellar combination of Cable, Tracey and Loy is irrestistible, even if the plot is a little trite.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4

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Good cast, but the movie is too long and boring.

September 5, 2010

AJ Verser

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There is no better on screen duo in the 30's better than Gable and Tracy. These two are instant magic when they are together. Throw in Myrna Loy and you have a very fun movie with 3 actors at the top of their game.The film is about a test pilot(Gable) and his trusty mechanic(Tracy) who meet a girl(Loy) and how the

June 10, 2009

cody franklin

Super Reviewer

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