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Men Against the Sky is a 1940 drama starring Richard Dix, Kent Taylor, Edmund Lowe and Wendy Barrie. Directed by Leslie Goodwins , it is based on a story by John Twist about the challenges of aircraft development and the dangers of test piloting in the period before World War II .
Men Against the Sky: Directed by Leslie Goodwins. With Richard Dix, Kent Taylor, Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie. Alcoholic pilot struggles to turn his life around.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Leslie Goodwins
- 1940-09-06
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- Richard Dix
- Leslie Goodwins
- RKO Radio Pictures
A draftswoman, the sister of an aging, alcoholic pilot, secretly uses her brother's ideas to solve design problems for an experimental military plane in an attempt to save the company and salvage her brother's reputation.
Though relatively obscure today, Men Against the Sky (1940) is a fascinating look at airplane development in the first half of the 20th century, complete with barnstorming pilots and melodramatic situations befitting a Hollywood production. The film also uses footage of the plane Howard Hughes used in his record-breaking trans-American flight ...
Men Against the Sky is a 1940 drama directed by Leslie Goodwins and starring Richard Dix, Kent Taylor, Edmund Lowe and Wendy Barrie. Based on a story by John Twist, with a screenplay by novelist Nathanael West, the film is about with aircraft development and the dangers of flying in the period before World War II. Movie Info. Tags.
