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The night fog is like a soup you can stand your spoon in. But Alan Drake, en route to join the elite Navy Hell Cats fighter squadron, disobeys orders to abandon his aircraft and hit the silk. The headstrong maneuver doesn’t sit well with the tightly-knit squad. And the team’s opinion of Drake will plunge further when he’s suspected of romancing the unit commander’s wife.
Robert Taylor plays the cocksure cadet who must prove himself in this pre-war film whose scenes of aerial training and readiness mirrored America’s growing awareness that it may soon be involved in World War II. Taylor prepared for the role by taking flight lessons and developed a lifelong love of aviation and joined the Navy Air Corps during the Second World War.
Original Release
12/27/1940
US Release
12/27/1940
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Taylor | Ensign Alan Drake / Ens. Alan Drake |
Ruth Hussey | Lorna Gary / Lorna Gray |
Walter Pidgeon | Squadron Comdr. Bill Gary / Squadron Commander Billy Gary |
Paul Kelly | Lieut. Cmdr. 'Dusty' Rhodes / Lieut. Comdr. 'Dusty' Rhodes |
Shepperd Strudwick | Lieut. Jerry Banning |
Red Skelton | Lieut. 'Mugger' Martin |
Nat Pendleton | C.P.O. 'Spike' Knowles |
Dick Purcell | Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne |
William Tannen | Lieut. Freddy Townsend |
William Stelling | Lieut. Bush |
Directors
Writers
Wells Root, Harvey S. Haislip, John Sutherland
Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Taylor | Ensign Alan Drake / Ens. Alan Drake |
Ruth Hussey | Lorna Gary / Lorna Gray |
Walter Pidgeon | Squadron Comdr. Bill Gary / Squadron Commander Billy Gary |
Paul Kelly | Lieut. Cmdr. 'Dusty' Rhodes / Lieut. Comdr. 'Dusty' Rhodes |
Shepperd Strudwick | Lieut. Jerry Banning |
Red Skelton | Lieut. 'Mugger' Martin |
Nat Pendleton | C.P.O. 'Spike' Knowles |
Dick Purcell | Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne |
William Tannen | Lieut. Freddy Townsend |
William Stelling | Lieut. Bush |
Stanley Smith | Lieut. Frost |
Addison Richards | Vice Admiral |
Donald Douglas | 1st Duty Officer |
Pat Flaherty | 2nd Duty Officer |
Forbes Murray | Captain |
Marsha Hunt | Claire |
Irving Bacon | Taxi Driver |
Cliff Danielson | Hell Cat |
Bob Davis | Hell Cat |
Bruce Edwards | Hell Cat |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Frank Borzage | Producer |
J. Walter Ruben | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1942 | Oscar | Best Effects, Special Effects | Nominated |