Dedicated to the Royal Canadian Air Force. Directed by the famed Michael Curtiz, who was involved in more than 170 movies including THE SEA HAWK(1940), CASABLANCA(1942), KING CREOLE(1958) and THE COMANCHEROS(1961). Canadian bush pilots Johnny Dutton(Dennis Morgan), Francis 'Tiny' Murphy(Alan Hale) and Blimp Lebec(George Tobias) are losing paying customers to a brash, cocky pilot Brian McLean(James Cagney). They band together to get to the bottom of McLean's butting in on their business. WWII is heating up and the four daredevil fliers decide to buddy up and enlist in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Their thinking is their years of dangerous aerial acrobatics makes them worthy of entering the war. The four find out that they are considered too old to fly in the war effort and set out to prove themselves more valuable that just teaching young pilots. Pretty predictable, but worth watching for the aerial stunts. Also in this talented cast: Reginald Gardiner, Paul Cavanagh, Brenda Marshall and Reginald Denny.
Review of Captains of the Clouds
