Old rivals are pitted against each other in basic training and fight over the same woman.Old rivals are pitted against each other in basic training and fight over the same woman.Old rivals are pitted against each other in basic training and fight over the same woman.
Amelita Ward
- Peggy Lunt
- (as Lita Ward)
William 'Billy' Benedict
- Pvt. Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell
- (as William Benedict)
Kirk Alyn
- Officer in Canteen
- (uncredited)
Jeff Corey
- Flight Crew Member
- (uncredited)
Edward Earle
- Squadron Commanding Officer
- (uncredited)
Frank Fenton
- Colonel - HAGS CO
- (uncredited)
Gil Frye
- Lt. Brandt - Bomber Pilot
- (uncredited)
John Hamilton
- Doctor
- (uncredited)
John James
- Johnson - Failed Gunnery Trainee
- (uncredited)
Charles J. Jordan
- Trainer
- (uncredited)
William Marshall
- Sprague - Air Corps Stenographer
- (uncredited)
Robert Mitchum
- Sgt. Benson
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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- TriviaThe failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.
- GoofsWhen the Japanese fighters attack the bomber, we can clearly see that there are five of them. Foxie also confirms there are five enemy planes, and the planes are counted during the attack as they are shot down by the gunners. But when we cut to a close-up of the Japanese pilot, more than five planes can be seen on the far side of his fighter.
- SoundtracksThe Air Force Song
(uncredited)
Music by Robert Crawford
Heard during opening credits and at the graduation ceremony
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Of course it's a war picture!....
... It's 1943 and just about every film made that year involved some aspect of WWII. Even an MGM short about the weather called "Storm" hearkened back to that conflict. But I digress.
This low-budget war picture concerns airmen training to be tail gunners in bomber planes. Sgt. Foxy Pattis (Chester Morris) and Sgt. Jon Davis (Richard Arlen) have bad blood going back to before their military service, and things only get worse during the pressure of training. Can these two put their grudges aside in order to make the grade and become tail gunners?
This is corny and cliched, and the threadbare budget shows through quite often. The performances from Morris and Arlen are simply adequate, while young Jimmy Lydon gets to overdo it quite a bit as an emotionally-fragile recruit. Robert Mitchum has about three lines and shows up in one scene. This was one of nineteen movies in which he appeared in 1943, his debut year in pictures.
This low-budget war picture concerns airmen training to be tail gunners in bomber planes. Sgt. Foxy Pattis (Chester Morris) and Sgt. Jon Davis (Richard Arlen) have bad blood going back to before their military service, and things only get worse during the pressure of training. Can these two put their grudges aside in order to make the grade and become tail gunners?
This is corny and cliched, and the threadbare budget shows through quite often. The performances from Morris and Arlen are simply adequate, while young Jimmy Lydon gets to overdo it quite a bit as an emotionally-fragile recruit. Robert Mitchum has about three lines and shows up in one scene. This was one of nineteen movies in which he appeared in 1943, his debut year in pictures.
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- Feb 19, 2021
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- Runtime1 hour 18 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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