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Flight Lieutenant is a 1942 film starring Pat O'Brien as Sam Doyle, a disgraced commercial pilot who works to regain the respect of his son (Glenn Ford) against the backdrop of World War II. Its advertising slogan was "roaring with thrills, throbbing with romance" with the love interest provided by Evelyn Keyes as Susie Thompson.
It was directed by Sidney Salkow, a Harvard Law School grad who had himself served in the Pacific and been shot down. A review in the New York Times considered that the film was a "dreary father-and-son tale" with much mawkish sentimentality.
Original Release
07/09/1942
US Release
07/09/1942
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Pat O'Brien | Samuel J. 'Sam' Doyle |
| Glenn Ford | Danny Doyle |
| Evelyn Keyes | Susie Thompson |
| Jonathan Hale | Joseph Sanford |
| Ernie Adams | One-Legged Man |
| Harry Anderson | Officer |
| Warren Ashe | Mr. Thompson |
| Trevor Bardette | Carey |
| Hugh Beaumont | Cadet John McGinnis |
| James Blaine | Police Officer |
Directors
Writers
Richard Carroll, Betty Hopkins, Michael Blankfort
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Pat O'Brien | Samuel J. 'Sam' Doyle |
| Glenn Ford | Danny Doyle |
| Evelyn Keyes | Susie Thompson |
| Jonathan Hale | Joseph Sanford |
| Ernie Adams | One-Legged Man |
| Harry Anderson | Officer |
| Warren Ashe | Mr. Thompson |
| Trevor Bardette | Carey |
| Hugh Beaumont | Cadet John McGinnis |
| James Blaine | Police Officer |
| Lloyd Bridges | Cadet William "Bill" Robinson / Cadet William 'Bill' Robinson |
| Edmund Cobb | Army Recruiting Sergeant |
| Eddie Cole | Mechanic |
| Clancy Cooper | Scanlon |
| Douglas Croft | Danny Doyle - as a boy |
| Mary Currier | Mrs. Thompson |
| Marcel Dalio | Marcel Faulet |
| Sarah Edwards | Customer |
| Edythe Elliott | Mrs. Edythe Rhodes |
| William Forrest | Captain |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| B.P. Schulberg | Producer |
