Thundering Jets

Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.

The first World War is in its third year and aerial combat above the Western Front is consuming the nation's favored children at an appalling rate. By early 1917, the average life-span of a British pilot is less than a fortnight. Such losses place a fearsome strain on Gresham, commanding officer of the squadron. Aces High recreates the early days of the Royal Flying Corps with some magnificently staged aerial battles, and sensitive direction presents a moving portrayal of the futilities of war.

มาร์ลอน แบรนโดรับบทพลตรีทัพอากาศที่ต้องโดนเลือกปฏิบัติเมื่อเขาดันไปตกหลุมรักดาราสาวชาวญี่ปุ่นขณะประจำการที่ญี่ปุ่นในภาพยนตร์ชนะรางวัลออสการ์สี่สาขาซึ่งรวมถึงสาขาดาราสมทบชายและหญิงยอดเยี่ยมที่แสดงโดยเรด บัตตันส์และมิโยชิ อุเมกิ

Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root of the problem is the second in command, Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin. Griff is the best flier in the group but Kirby finds him a poor commander who is not prepared to make the difficult decision that all commanders have to make - to put men in harm's way knowing that they may be killed.

Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next door neighbor of one of them pines away.

Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought the Japanese in China before America's entry into World War II. Gordon must send his outnumbered band of fighter pilots out against overwhelming odds while juggling the disparate personalities and problems of his fellow flyers.

ภารกิจสำคัญที่ดวงวิญญาณของ พีท อดีตนักบินดับเพลิงได้รับมอบหมายจากเบื้องบน คือการส่งต่อแรงบันดาลใจให้กับ เท็ด นักบินฝึกหัดมือใหม่ หากเขาเองก็ต้องพบกับบทพิสูจน์แห่งความเสียสละเช่นกัน

Air Force reservist Lt. Col. Robert "Dutch" Holland is recalled into active duty at the peak of his professional baseball career.

A cocky U.S. Army Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he's sent back to Earth by a heavenly General with a new assignment.

Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.