Men of the Sky (1942)
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.
- Released
- 1942-07-25
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Runtime
- 20 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- B. Reeves Eason
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 from 4 votes
Cast
- Tod Andrews as Cadet Frank Bickley
- Eleanor Parker as Mrs. Frank Bickley
- Don DeFore as Cadet Dick Mathews
- Ray Montgomery as Cadet Jim Morgan
- Ruth Ford as Cadet Gladdens' Sweetheart
- Dave Willock as Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens
- Owen Crump as Narrator (voice)
- Henry H. Arnold as Himself - 'Hap' Arnold
- Franklyn Farnum as Farmer (uncredited)
- Inez Gay as Mrs. Mathews (uncredited)
- Sol Gorss as Shoe Repair Shop Prorietor (uncredited)
- Harry Harvey Jr. as Jim Morgan, as a Boy (uncredited)