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20,000 Men a Year

"They lived on the end of a smoldering fuse!"

Pilot disobeys unsafe orders and loses his job. He then starts a flying school which receives a boost when the government launches a program which it hopes will produce 20,000 pilots a year.

Top Cast

  • Randolph Scott

    Randolph Scott

    Brad Reynolds

  • Preston Foster

    Preston Foster

    Jim Howell

  • Margaret Lindsay

    Margaret Lindsay

    Ann Rogers

  • Mary Healy

    Mary Healy

    Joan Marshall

  • Robert Shaw

    Robert Shaw

    Tommy Howell

  • George Ernest

    George Ernest

    Skip Rogers

  • Jane Darwell

    Jane Darwell

    Mrs. Allen

  • Kane Richmond

    Kane Richmond

    Al Williams

  • Maxie Rosenbloom

    Maxie Rosenbloom

    Walt Dorgan

Overview

Pilot disobeys unsafe orders and loses his job. He then starts a flying school which receives a boost when the government launches a program which it hopes will produce 20,000 pilots a year.

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6.2 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    5 Apr 4, 2022

    Randolph Scott ("Brad") gets himself suspended after disobeying some dodgy orders whilst airborne, and ends up helping the US government to recruit new pilots operating a flying school. His young pal "Skip" (George Ernest) is desperate (but too young) to join in, and his sister "Ann" (Margaret Lindsay) thinks it's too dangerous too. Together, though, the pair decided to work on persuading her and, of course, Scott and Lindsay start to fall for each other. Meantime, the brother of the man who originally grounded "Brad" arrives at the training school. "Tommy" (Robert Shaw without any sharks) is a bit wary of flying and on one exercise, he passes out leaving them all in a precarious position. The last twenty minutes of this are quite taut but the rest of it is all pretty average fayre. The younger lad has a bit of oomph to him, but Scott never was my favourite actor. Always a bit too pretty and soporific, and here he is suitably numbed by the equally lacklustre Lindsay. Some of the aerial photography is quite interesting, but for the most part this is all just a bit procedural.

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