Warner Archive Collection (series)

Pilot #5 (Full Screen)

Starring: Franchot Tone, Van Johnson, Marsha Hunt, Gene Kelly, Alan Baxter & Dick Simmons Director: George Sidney

In Java during the darkest days of World War II, an American pilot takes off in his squad's only air-worthy plane.

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Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 1 hours, 11 minutes
Video: Black & White
Released: August 16, 2012
Originally Released: 1943
Label: Warner Archives Collection
Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame
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PCM Mono - English

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		Franchot Tone, Van Johnson, Marsha Hunt, Gene Kelly, Alan Baxter & Dick Simmons
Performer:		Steven Geray, Howard Freeman & Frank Puglia
Directed by		George Sidney
Edited by		George White
Screenplay by		David Hertz
Composition by		Lennie Hayton
Art Direction by		Cedric Gibbons
Story by		David Hertz
Produced by		B.P. Fineman
Director of Photography:		Paul C. Vogel

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In Java during the darkest days of World War II, an American pilot takes off in his squad's only air-worthy plane. His mission: drop the 500-pound bomb strapped to his plane's fuselage on a Japanese aircraft carrier. As he wings toward certain death, the airmen left behind share their comrade's life story - a stirring tale of love, ambition, political corruption and personal redemption.

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PILOT NO. 5 is an oddly liberal-minded film to come from conservative old MGM. Franchot Tone plays an army pilot stationed in Java who volunteers for a suicide mission. He is chosen from five possible Allied candidates, hence the title. We learn via flashback just why Tone holds his life at so low a price; among his less pleasant reminiscences are his brief association with a demagogic Southern governor, blatantly based on Huey Long. PILOT NO. 5 served to introduce Gene Kelly in a supporting role--as a nasty, pugnacious young jerk.

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Sales Rank: 3,495
UPC: 883316587225
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