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Captains of the Clouds (1942)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1942 Wide

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James Cagney made his first Technicolor appearance in the morale-boosting aviation flick Captains of the Clouds. Cagney plays Brian MacLean, a hotshot Canadian bush pilot who delights in stealing jobs-and women-away from his competitors. Brian is forced to shape up in a hurry when he's assigned to train other pilots for the Royal Canadian Air Force. At the ending of the training period, he is given his first real RCAF assignment: The seemingly unimportant task of shepherding American bomber

Unrated, 1 hr. 53 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics

Directed By: Michael Curtiz

Written By: Roland Gillett, Richard Macaulay, Arthur T. Horman, Norman Reilly Raine

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1942 Wide

On DVD: Apr 24, 2007

Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast

James Cagney
Brian MacLean
Dennis Morgan
Johnny Dutton
Brenda Marshall
Emily Foster
Alan Hale
Tiny Murphy
George Tobias
Blimp Lebec
Reginald Gardiner
Scrounger Harris
Reginald Denny
Commanding officer
Russell Arms
Prentiss
Paul Cavanagh
Group captain
Clem Bevans
Store-Teeth Morrison
J.M. Kerrigan
Foster
John Farrell MacDonald
Dr. Neville
Pat O'Moore
Fyffo
Morton Lowry
Carmichael
Frederic Worlock
President of Court Mart...
Roland Drew
Officer
Lucia Carroll
Blonde
George Meeker
Playboy
Ben Baker
Popcorn Kearns
Hardie Albright
Kingsley
Ray Walker
Mason
Charles Halton
Nolan
Louis Jean Heydt
Provost Marshal
Willie Fung
Willie
Carl Harbord
Blake
Tod Andrews
Student Pilot
Barry Bernard
Air Marshal W.A. Bishop
Himself
James Bush
Donald Dillaway
Pat Flaherty
Drill sergeant
John Gallaudet
Winifred Harris
Woman
John Hartley
Charles Irwin
O. Cathcart Jones
Chief Instructor
John Kellogg
Frank Lackteen
Indian
Miles Mander
Churchill
Edward McNamara
Dog Man
Ray Montgomery
Gavin Muir
Orderly
Charles Smith
Bellboy
Rafael Storm
Emmett Vogan
Clerk
Billy Wayne
Bill Wilkerson
Larry Williams
Duty officer
Gig Young
Student Pilot
James Stevens
Indian
Roy Walker
Mason
Tom Dugan
Bartender
Ted Offenbecker
Mechanic
George Ovey
Herbert Gunn
George Offerman
Mechanic
J. Farrell MacDonald
Patrick O'Moore

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Cagney is a bush pilot facing a fleet of Nazi raiders in this morale-boosting aviation drama from Warner Brothers.

October 25, 2004 Comment

Steve Crum

Kansas City Kansan Source: Kansas City Kansan

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While suffering the burden of being a propaganda film, Captains of the Clouds actually has some substance when it's not showing the inspiring nature of "technical scenes."

July 4, 2007

Tim Hruszkewycz

ALWAYS INTERESTING WORLD WAR II ACTIONER, GREAT CAST HEADED BY THE ALWAYS GREAT JAMES CAGNEY. SOME GOOD FLYING SEQUENCES, GOOD PLOT AND WELL WRITTEN.

August 7, 2005

James Higgins

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