Test Pilot

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Russ Another film starring the King of Hollywood that you've never heard of, and with ample reason. Spunky Myrna Loy falls for bad boy Gable and cheerfully goes along for the wild ride. Tracy plays the figurative wing man. You've seen all the plot devices before, and more convincingly. It probably drew an audience on its star power eight decades ago, but there's nothing to recommend it. All the characters are cardboard cutouts and the situations are predictable. If you've seen Jimmy Stewart, June Allyson, and Harry Morgan in "Strategic Air Command" you've basically seen the same story, only done far better visually. In both pictures, the long suffering wife eventually gets her man safely on terra firma by the end. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/24 Full Review Mark A Gable, Loy and Tracy at their best. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Clark Gable is the one in the title role and Spencer Tracy is his best friend and mechanic. Test Pilot portrays a footloose and fancy free Gable doing a dangerous job because he's entranced by the beauty and danger of flying. Tracy is along to give him a reality check every now and then. While trying for a coast to coast record Gable has trouble with a fuel line and has to make a landing in a Kansas wheat field that just happens to belong to Myrna Loy's parents. She's the farmer's daughter all right. Of course a little of that Gable charm and she's off in the wild blue yonder with him and spends the rest of the film worried about his daredevil behavior. She's not in Kansas any more. This was the second of the three Gable/Tracy co-starrers. All three of them, San Francisco, Test Pilot, and Boom Town have withstood the test of time and have become classics. Test Pilot's original story was written by Frank "Spig" Wead who's life story was brought to us in the film Wings of Eagles. Wead was a flyer himself until a fall in his home left him a paraplegic. After that he became a writer and several of his stories were filmed. In fact Gable and starred in Night Flight earlier on which was written by Wead. Of course Wead had a great feel for the type and character of the people who chose aviation as a career. The aerial sequences are first rate and the players settle comfortably in their parts. It's got aerial action for the guys and romance for the gals. How can you go wrong? Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review steve d The actors are fun and so is the film. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member The presence of Myrna Loy lifts this above average MGM movie to its classic status. She knew how to handle Clark Gable, and she was one of the only actresses to be able to develop chemistry with all her leading men. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member The best thrilling movie ever made! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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