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Flight Lieutenant

Released Jul 9, 1942 1h 20m Adventure List
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Sam Doyle (Pat O'Brien) is a military pilot whose drunken recklessness gets his co-pilot killed in a crash. Disgraced, Sam flees the country and takes a job working for a small airline in South America. Years later, Sam's now-adult son, Danny (Glenn Ford), becomes a test pilot for the Army Air Corps just before World War II. He's also fallen for Susie Thompson (Evelyn Keyes), the niece of the man his father killed. Sam returns to redeem himself in his son's eyes. Read More Read Less
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Synopsis Sam Doyle (Pat O'Brien) is a military pilot whose drunken recklessness gets his co-pilot killed in a crash. Disgraced, Sam flees the country and takes a job working for a small airline in South America. Years later, Sam's now-adult son, Danny (Glenn Ford), becomes a test pilot for the Army Air Corps just before World War II. He's also fallen for Susie Thompson (Evelyn Keyes), the niece of the man his father killed. Sam returns to redeem himself in his son's eyes.
Director
Sidney Salkow
Producer
B.P. Schulberg
Screenwriter
Michael Blankfort
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 9, 1942, Original
Runtime
1h 20m