Flight Command

Flight Command is a 1940 film about a cocky U.S. Navy pilot who has problems with his new squadron (flying Grumman F3F biplanes) and falls for the wife of his commander. It stars Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey, and Walter Pidgeon.

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Special Effects.

Cast

• Robert Taylor as Ensign Alan Drake
• Ruth Hussey as Lorna Gary
• Walter Pidgeon as Squadron Commander Billy Gary
• Paul Kelly as Lieutenant Commander "Dusty" Rhodes
• Shepperd Strudwick as Lieutenant Jerry Banning
• Red Skelton as Lieutenant "Mugger" Martin
• Nat Pendleton as C.P.O. "Spike" Knowles
• Dick Purcell as Lieutenant "Stitchy" Payne
• William Tannen as Lieutenant Freddy Townsend
• William Stelling as Lieutenant Bush
• Stanley Smith as Lieutenant Frost

External links

• Flight Command at the Internet Movie Database
• Flight Command at the TCM Movie Database
• Flight Command at AllRovi