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Men Against the Sky est un film américain de genre Drame réalisé par Leslie Goodwins avec Richard Dix
Men Against the Sky (1940)
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Ajouter à une liste de filmsMen Against the Sky is a 1940 drama directed by Leslie Goodwins and starring Richard Dix, Kent Taylor, Edmund Lowe and Wendy Barrie. Based on a story by John Twist, with a screenplay by novelist Nathanael West, the film is about with aircraft development and the dangers of flying in the period before World War II.
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Phil Mercedes (Richard Dix), once a record-setting pilot, is now an aging alcoholic. As an air show performer, while inebriated, he crashes his stunt aircraft into a barn and is grounded for a year. His sister Kay (Wendy Barrie), his only means of support, hopes to land a job in the drafting department for Martin Ames (Kent Taylor), the chief engineer for Dan McLean (Edmund Lowe), an aircraft manufacturer.Acteurs
Richard Dix
(Phil Mercedes)
Kent Taylor
(Martin Ames)
Edmund Lowe
(Dan McLean)
Wendy Barrie
(Kay Mercedes)
Granville Bates
(Mr. Burdett)
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