Flight Command
Overview
MGM had a tendency to overglamorize the sort of rough-hewn film fare that Warner Bros. offered to its public without adornments. Such was the case of FLIGHT COMMAND. Instead of Warners' streetwise James Cagney, the MGM film stars pretty-boy Robert Taylor as the obligatory hotshot cadet who chafes at the authority and discipline of a naval flight squadron. While Warners might have done without a romantic subplot, MGM contrives to have Taylor fall for the wife (Ruth Hussey) of squad commander Walter Pidgeon. And whereas Warners would have told this story compactly in 90 minutes, MGM lolls around for nearly two hours before Taylor's anticipated redemption and "make good" scene. MGM newcomer Red Skelton shows up in FLIGHT COMMAND for comedy relief, which turns out to be neither.
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Main Cast & Crew:
Frank Borzage - Director
Robert Taylor
Ruth Hussey
Walter Pidgeon
Paul Kelly
Shepperd Strudwick
Stanley Smith
Addison Richards
Donald Douglas
Pat Flaherty
Forbes Murray
Details
- Format: DVD (Manufactured on Demand, Remastered)
- UPC: 883316290507
- Genre: DOCUMENTARY
- Rating: Not Rated
- Release Date: June 2011
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