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Ceiling Zero is a 1936 adventure/drama film directed by Howard Hawks and starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. The picture stars Cagney as daredevil womanizing pilot "Dizzy" Davis and O'Brien as Jake Lee, his war veteran buddy and the operations manager of an airline company. Based on a stage play of the same name, the film blends drama with some light comedy. The title, as defined at the beginning of the picture, is an insider term referring to those moments when the sky is so thick with fog that navigating an aircraft is nearly impossible.
Original Release
01/16/1936
US Release
01/16/1936
Cast
Name | Character |
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James Cagney | Dizzy Davis / Dizzy Davies |
Pat O'Brien | Jake L. Lee |
June Travis | Tommy Thomas |
Stuart Erwin | Texas Clarke |
Barton MacLane | Al Stone |
Henry Wadsworth | Tay Lawson |
Martha Tibbetts | Mary Miller Lee |
Isabel Jewell | Lou Clarke |
Craig Reynolds | Joe Allen |
Dick Purcell | Smiley (as Dick Purcell) / Smiley |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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James Cagney | Dizzy Davis / Dizzy Davies |
Pat O'Brien | Jake L. Lee |
June Travis | Tommy Thomas |
Stuart Erwin | Texas Clarke |
Barton MacLane | Al Stone |
Henry Wadsworth | Tay Lawson |
Martha Tibbetts | Mary Miller Lee |
Isabel Jewell | Lou Clarke |
Craig Reynolds | Joe Allen |
Dick Purcell | Smiley (as Dick Purcell) / Smiley |
Carlyle Moore Jr. | Eddie Payson |
Addison Richards | Fred Adams |
Garry Owen | Mike Owens |
Edward Gargan | Doc Wilson |
Robert Light | Les Bogan |
James Bush | Buzz Gordon |
Pat West | Baldy |
Bill Elliott | Transportation Agent |
Howard Allen | Pilot |
Jimmy Aye | Pilot |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hal B. Wallis | Producer |
Jack L. Warner | Producer |