Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck. Copyright 3 October 1941 by 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. New York opening at the Roxy: 26 September 1941. U.S. release: 9 September 1941. Australian release: 19 March 1942. Sydney opening at the Regent. 8,943 feet. 99 minutes.
COMMENT: A witty and amusing script, surprisingly convincing acting and a couple of songs from Miss Grable, fine photography and some spectacular bits of action (including the evacuation of Dunkirk); - it all adds up to excellent entertainment.
OTHER VIEWS: A Yank in the R.A.F. does not hold up so well on a second viewing, despite Shamroy's groovy photography and Reg Gardiner's delightfully impertinent performance. The dated war-time propaganda also does not help.
Sersen gets a solo frame credit for his special effects, though they are not all convincing. Still, the script, despite its familiarity in plot, presents some believable characterizations which were daringly realistic, even unsympathetic, convincingly played by Power and Grable.
Neame, Whitehead and Kanturek (and Herbert Mason) also get a single frame credit, though there is not terribly much aerial footage. All the elaborate scenes were recreated in the studio or in the Lockhead Factory grounds.
COMMENT: A witty and amusing script, surprisingly convincing acting and a couple of songs from Miss Grable, fine photography and some spectacular bits of action (including the evacuation of Dunkirk); - it all adds up to excellent entertainment.
OTHER VIEWS: A Yank in the R.A.F. does not hold up so well on a second viewing, despite Shamroy's groovy photography and Reg Gardiner's delightfully impertinent performance. The dated war-time propaganda also does not help.
Sersen gets a solo frame credit for his special effects, though they are not all convincing. Still, the script, despite its familiarity in plot, presents some believable characterizations which were daringly realistic, even unsympathetic, convincingly played by Power and Grable.
Neame, Whitehead and Kanturek (and Herbert Mason) also get a single frame credit, though there is not terribly much aerial footage. All the elaborate scenes were recreated in the studio or in the Lockhead Factory grounds.
- JHR writing as George Addison.