Test Pilot (1938)

movie

(2740)

Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Romance
Release: 1938-04-22
Director: Victor Fleming
Writers: Vincent Lawrence , Waldemar Young , Frank Wead
Language: English
Stars: Clark Gable (I) (1901–1960) , Myrna Loy (1905–1993) , Spencer Tracy , Lionel Barrymore (1878–1954) , Samuel S. Hinds (1875–1948) , Marjorie Main , Ted Pearson , Gloria Holden (1903–1991) , Louis Jean Heydt , Virginia Grey
Runtime: 119 min
Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. 4 nominations total
AKA: Djavoli neba , Arditi dell'aria (Italy) , Der Werkpilot (Germany) , Uj bálványok (Hungary) , Test Pilot (United States of America) , Piloto de pruebas (Argentina) , De proefpiloot (Belgium) , Pilote d'essai (France, French Republic) , Flegomenoi ouranoi (Greece) , Der Testpilot (Germany) , Pilote d'essai (Belgium) , Testpiloot (Netherlands the) , Test Pilot (United Kingdom) , テスト・パイロット (Japan) , Piloto de pruebas (Spain) , Herói de Hoje (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Brawura (Poland) , Sfidătorii aerului (Romania) , Летчик-испытатель , Der Testpilot (Austria) , Der Werkpilot (Austria) , Летец-изпитател (Bulgaria) , Tesuto Pairotto (Japan) , Nykypäivän sankarit (Finland) , Vor tids helte (Denmark) , Test Pilot , Piloto de Provas (Brazil) , Hjältar av idag (Sweden)
Plot: Jim Lane is a test pilot, whose professional life is dangerous, and whose personal life compensates for that danger by fast living and recklessness. As such, he lives from paycheck to paycheck, and is often in debt, but knows his lucrative job will eventually get him out of those debts. On a coast to coast record attempt speed flight, Jim's plane, the Drake Bullet (named after the company's owner), hits some mechanical problems and Jim is forced to make an emergency landing on a farmer's field in Kansas. The farm belongs to the Barton family, whose straight talking daughter, Ann Barton, falls for Jim, and visa versa. They impulsively decide to get married and live in New York. Jim's sidekick and mechanic, "Gunner" Morris, doesn't know if Jim and marriage go hand in hand, both because of the type of person he is and his profession. Ann too soon learns that she plays second fiddle to Jim's work, she referring to the sky as Jim's mistress. Ann also truly comes to understand the dangers of Jim's work, he who is often required to push the planes beyond their physical limits. With each flight, Ann fears that she will become a widow, as she has seen it before with the wives of Jim's colleagues. Can Jim and Ann's marriage survive the many pressures stemming from Jim's life as a test pilot?
IMDB:tt0030848