Men of the Sky (1942)

Men of the Sky (1942)

1942-07-25 United States of America 20 Min. PG-13
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Overview

A propaganda film, made in the early months of World War II, dramatizing a new group of U.S. Army Air Force pilots receiving their wings from Lt. General H.H. Arnold. An off-screen narrator introduces four of them to us; we see them before the war, during flight training, and in their first assignments as pilots.

Cast

Tod Andrews is Cadet Frank Bickley
Cadet Frank Bickley
Eleanor Parker is Mrs. Frank Bickley
Mrs. Frank Bickley
Don DeFore is Cadet Dick Mathews
Cadet Dick Mathews
Ray Montgomery is Cadet Jim Morgan
Cadet Jim Morgan
Ruth Ford is Cadet Gladdens' Sweetheart
Cadet Gladdens' Sweetheart
Dave Willock is Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens
Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens
Owen Crump is Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Henry H. Arnold is Himself - 'Hap' Arnold
Himself - 'Hap' Arnold
Franklyn Farnum is Farmer (uncredited)
Farmer (uncredited)
Inez Gay is Mrs. Mathews (uncredited)
Mrs. Mathews (uncredited)
Sol Gorss is Shoe Repair Shop Prorietor (uncredited)
Shoe Repair Shop Prorietor (uncredited)
Harry Harvey Jr. is Jim Morgan, as a Boy (uncredited)
Jim Morgan, as a Boy (uncredited)