Men of the Sky

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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, Eleanor Parker, Don DeFore, Ray Montgomery, Ruth Ford, more

Director: B. Reeves Eason

Genres: Drama, War

Cast

Tod Andrews

Cadet Frank Bickley

Eleanor Parker

Mrs. Frank Bickley

Don DeFore

Cadet Dick Mathews

Ray Montgomery

Cadet Jim Morgan

Ruth Ford

Cadet Gladdens' Sweetheart

Dave Willock

Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens

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Owen Crump

Narrator (voice)

Henry H. Arnold

Himself - 'Hap' Arnold

Franklyn Farnum

Farmer (uncredited)

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Inez Gay

Mrs. Mathews (uncredited)

Sol Gorss

Shoe Repair Shop Prorietor (uncredited)

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Harry Harvey Jr.

Jim Morgan, as a Boy (uncredited)

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Billy Lechner

Little Brother Mathews (uncredited)

Hank Mann

Storekeeper (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

Mr. Mathews (uncredited)

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