Overview
Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) enemy. Made in 1939, by the time it was released in 1940, war had been declared.
Director and cast
- Barry K. Barnes as Peter Thurloe
- Joan Marion as Dorothy Houghton
- Roger Livesey as Charles Houghton
- Basil Radford as Bill Madison
- Everley Gregg as Emily Madison
- Felix Aylmer as Col. Cairns
- Wallace Douglas as Agent Hooper
- Henry Oscar as Porter
- John Turnbull as Sir Andrew Hamilton
- Edward Ashley as Stuart
More films
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Action · Comedy · Science Fiction · PG
Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, Jack Putter, Tuck must convince Jack to find his ex-girlfriend, Lydia Maxwell, to help him extract Tuck and his ship and re-enlarge them before his oxygen runs out.
- Runtime
- 2h
- Director
- Joe Dante
- Cast
- Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan
The Right Stuff (1983)
Drama · History · PG
At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.
- Runtime
- 3h 13m
- Director
- Philip Kaufman
- Cast
- Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris
First Man into Space (1959)
Drama · Horror · Science Fiction · APPROVED
The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside...
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Director
- Robert Day
- Cast
- Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Bill Edwards
X-15 (1961)
Action · Drama · History · N/A
X-15 is a 1961 movie that tells a fictionalized account of the X-15 research rocket plane, the men who flew it and the women who loved them.
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Director
- Richard Donner
- Cast
- David McLean, Charles Bronson, Mary Tyler Moore
Test Pilot (1938)
Adventure · Drama · Romance · PASSED
Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Director
- Victor Fleming
- Cast
- Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy
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