Flight Command

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Release date: Dec 27, 1940

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Movie Info

MGM had a tendency to overglamorize the sort of rough-hewn film fare that Warner Bros. offered to its public without adornments. Such was the case of Flight Command. Instead of Warners' streetwise James Cagney, the MGM film stars pretty-boy Robert Taylor as the obligatory hotshot cadet who chafes at the authority and discipline of a naval flight squadron. While Warners might have done without a romantic subplot, MGM contrives to have Taylor fall for the wife (Ruth Hussey) of squad commander Walter Pidgeon. And whereas Warners would have told this story compactly in 90 minutes, MGM lolls around for nearly two hours before Taylor's anticipated redemption and "make good" scene. MGM newcomer Red Skelton shows up in Flight Command for comedy relief, which turns out to be neither.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Drama
Directed By:

Frank Borzage
Written By:

Wells Root
In Theaters:

Dec 27, 1940 limited
Runtime:

110 minutes
Studio:

MGM

Cast

Walter Pidgeon
as Squadron Cmdr. Billy Gary

Shepperd Strudwick
as Lt. Jerry Banning

Ruth Hussey
as Lorna Gary

Paul Kelly
as Lt. Cmdr. Dusty Rhodes

Red Skelton
as Lt. `Mugger' Martin

Nat Pendleton
as C.P.O. `Spike' Knowles

Dick Purcell
as Lt. `Stitchy' Payne

William Tannen
as Lt. Freddy Townsend

William Stelling
as Lt. Bush

Stanley Smith
as Lt. Frost

Addison Richards
as Vice-Admiral

Don Douglas
as First Duty Officer

Pat Flaherty
as Second Duty Officer

Forbes Murray
as Captain

Marsha Hunt
as Claire

Lee Tung Foo
as Jung

John Hamilton
as Pensacola Commander

Gaylord "Steve" Pendleton
as Enlisted Man

Jack Luden
as Hell Cat

Dick Wessel
as Big Sailor

Reed Hadley
as Admiral's Aide

John Raitt
as Cadet

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Critic Reviews for Flight Command

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The director Frank Borzage, and the main actors Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey and Walter Pidgeon deserve to be praised. [Full review in Spanish]

Sep 17, 2019 | Full Review…

Jose Maria Santos
Cine-Mundial