| Air Cadet | |
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| Directed by | Joseph Pevney |
| Produced by | Aaron Rosenberg |
| Written by | Robert Soderberg story Robert L. Richards story, screenplay Joseph Hoffman additional dialogue |
| Starring | Stephen McNally Gail Russell Richard Long |
| Music by | Joseph Gershenson |
| Cinematography | Clifford Stine |
| Editing by | Russell F. Schoengarth |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 14 March 1951 |
| Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Air Cadet is a 1951 American drama film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Stephen McNally and Gail Russell. The movie had a small early role for Rock Hudson.
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The story follows a group of cadets through Air Force pilot training during the Korean War. After primary training at Randolph Field, they move to Williams Air Force Base for advanced training on jets. There Russ meets and falls in love with Janet, the estranged wife one of the instructors. The rivalry puts his future as a fighter pilot in jeopardy.
Production began at Randolph Field near San Antonio, Texas. The scenes at Randolph Field were filmed in five days and the cast and crew transferred to Williams Air Force Base near Mesa, Arizona where the remainder of the film was shot.[1] Before he became widely known as an astronaut, Gus Grissom was briefly featured early in the movie as a U.S. Air Force candidate for the flight school.
Leonard Maltin's review was typical, "Familiar account of Air Force recruits training to become fighter pilots; McNally plays their tough but troubled flight commander. It's fun to see Hudson barking orders at the recruits."[2]