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Flight Command
1940, Dec 27
1h 56m
A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn't make a great first impression when he is forced to ditch his airplane and parachute to safety when he arrives at the base but is unable to land due to heavy fog. On his first day on the job, his poor shooting skills results in the Hellcats losing an air combat competition. His fellow pilots accept him anyways but they think he's crossed the line when they erroneously conclude that while their CO Billy Gray is away, Drake has an affair with his wife Lorna. Drake is now an outcast and is prepared to resign from the Navy but his extreme heroism in saving Billy Gray's life turns things around.
Directed by
Frank Borzage
Forbes Murray
Captain
Nat Pendleton
C.P.O. 'Spike' Knowles
Paul Kelly
Lieut. Cmdr. 'Dusty' Rhodes
Jack Luden
Hell Cat
Walter Sande
Officer on Downed Seaplane
Alberto Morin
Waiter (uncredited)
William Stelling
Lieut. Bush
Robert Taylor
Ens. Alan Drake
Walter Pidgeon
Squadron Commander Billy Gary
James Millican
North Island Tower Operator (voice)
George Offerman, Jr.
Small Sailor on Downed Seaplane
Addison Richards
Vice Admiral
Dick Purcell
Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
John Raitt
Hell Cat (uncredited)
Marsha Hunt
Claire
Pat Flaherty
2nd Duty Officer
William Tannen
Lieut. Freddy Townsend
Dick Wessel
Big Sailor on Downed Seaplane (uncredited)
James Seay
Officer on Downed Seaplane
Lee Tung Foo
Jung, Gary's Servant
Gayne Whitman
Doctor
Reed Hadley
Admiral's Aide (uncredited)
John Hamilton
Pensacola Commander (uncredited)
John Sheehan
Friendly Mechanic
Shepperd Strudwick
Lieut. Jerry Banning
Tom Neal
Hell Cat
Stanley Smith
Lieut. Frost
Red Skelton
Lieut. 'Mugger' Martin
Donald Douglas
1st Duty Officer
Bruce Edwards
Hell Cat
Steve Pendleton
North Island Tower Operator
Ruth Hussey
Lorna Gray
Howard Wilson
Hell Cat
Cliff Danielson
Hell Cat
Bob Davis
Hell Cat
Otto Han
Gogo, Officer's Club Attendant
Hal Le Sueur
Hell Cat
Claire Owen
Mrs. Frost
Gilbert Wilson
Hell Cat
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