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Director:
Writers:
Frank Wead (story)
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Release Date:
30 August 1941 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
WINGS TO THE WIND...EYES TO THE SKIES! (original print media ad - all caps) more
Plot:
A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
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A wonderful look at US Naval Aviation on the eve of World War II more (25 total)

Cast

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Errol Flynn ... Lt. Douglas S. 'Doug' Lee, MD

Fred MacMurray ... Lt. Cmdr. Joe Blake, squadron commander
Ralph Bellamy ... Lt. Cmdr. Lance Rogers, MD, Flight Surgeon

Alexis Smith ... Mrs. Linda Fisher
Robert Armstrong ... Art Lyons - aviation designer
Regis Toomey ... Lt. Tim Griffin
Allen Jenkins ... Corpsman 2nd Class 'Lucky' James
Craig Stevens ... Pilot Trainee Anthony

Herbert Anderson ... Lt. Markham MD - assigned to Norfolk
Moroni Olsen ... Senior Surgeon at San Diego
Dennie Moore ... Ex-wife of Lucky James
Louis Jean Heydt ... Lt. Swede Larson
Cliff Nazarro ... Corpsman - Lucky's fast-talking buddy
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Additional Details

Runtime:
132 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
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According to the book The Casablanca Man: The Cinema of Michael Curtiz by James C. Robertson, this movie was one of the Warner Brothers studio's biggest box-office hits of 1941 and the film made a profit of more than $(US) 1 million. more
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Continuity: In the opening scenes showing pilots manning their planes, several bi-plane fighters are forward of the dive bombers. Later when the dive bombers take off the fighters are not shown taking off before them, nor are they visible on deck. more
Quotes:
Lt. Cmdr. Joe Blake, squadron commander: [Nastily] Don't use your surgical touch on me, Doctor. I wanna collect my old age pension!
Lt. Douglas S. 'Doug' Lee, MD: Don't worry, you'll be a burden on the taxpayer for many years.
Lt. Cmdr. Joe Blake, squadron commander: You're no better at flying than you are with a knife.
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Referenced in Dive Bomber: Keep 'Em in the Air (2005) (V) more
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A wonderful look at US Naval Aviation on the eve of World War II, 15 June 2000
Author: Edward L. Dreyer (edreyer@umiami.ir.miami.edu) from Coral Gables, Florida

While Dive Bomber has some formulaic elements, it is a glorious technicolor view of US naval aviation just before the US entered World War II. The air sequences include shots of aircraft (Vindicators, Devastators, Curtiss Hawks, etc.) that soon became obsolete and that I have never seen in any other technicolor film. The carrier scenes are set on the USS Enterprise the year before this ship fought in the Midway and Guadalcanal battles. The film is shot on location in San Diego, and I noticed landmarks like the Hotel Del Coronado and the Cabrillo lighthouse in the background. Thanks to Turner Classic Movies for playing this.

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