Perfection that defies scrutiny.
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01/25/09
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:11
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.4/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Geoff Carter (Carey Grant) is the head of a crumbling air freight service in desperate need of a replacement pilot. He is forced to hire a descredited aviator (Richard Barthelmess) who arrives with... [More]
Starring: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth, Richard Barthelmess
Director: Howard Hawks
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08/27/08
Top CriticCary Grant, one of cinema's greatest actors, gives maybe his finest performance here. (It's hard to say, there are dozens.)
05/06/06
[Grant's] relationship with the female interloper is more dry eyed and cynical than the film's sentimental male bonding.
02/17/06
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01/26/06
Top CriticNo review available.
06/19/05
Though everything about it is improbable, it still makes for an immensely entertaining magical film.
07/11/04
No review available.
02/08/04
One of the subline action movies of the era, with Grant in a John Wayne-like role, matched by Jean Arthur
01/31/04
No review available.
08/22/03
Possibly Hawks' best film -- a bold statement.
08/11/03
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05/24/03
Top CriticIt's a fairly good melodrama, nothing more.
05/20/03
Top CriticOnly Angels Have Wings (1939) is a quintessential adventure-aviation film with drama, dark fatalism, suspense and romance that is stocked with true-to-life sequences,
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