- Country: USA
- Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Release: 1929-07-01
- Director: Tay Garnett
- Writers: Elliott J. Clawson , Tay Garnett , James Gleason (I) (1882–1959)
- Language: English
- Stars: William Boyd , Marie Prevost , Tom O’Brien , Russell Gleason (1907–1945) , Kate Bruce , Dan Wolheim , Dorothy Ward , Hazel Howell , Earl Burtnett , Budd Fine
- Runtime: 73 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Loucuras de um Aviador (Brazil) , Repülő bolond (Hungary) , The Flying Fool (United States of America) , The Flying Fool
- Plot: Bill Taylor, World War I flying ace is a hot-shot barnstormer, with his kid-brother, Jimmy, as one of his crew members. Jimmy falls in love with a nightclub singer, Pat Riley, and his older-brother thinks that Jimmy may be involved with a hard-bitten floozy and decides to check her out for himself. What he finds is a sweet and home-loving daughter working to provide for her sweet-and-loving mother. He falls for her, and this upsets the younger brother no end.
- IMDB:tt0019887
The Flying Fool Cast · · · ALL
Tay Garnett
Director
William Boyd
Bill Taylor
Marie Prevost
Pat Riley
Tom O’Brien
Tom Dugan
Russell Gleason
(1907–1945)
Jimmy Taylor
Kate Bruce
Mrs. Riley - Pat's Mother
Dorothy Ward
Mae Hopper
Dan Wolheim
Airport Manager