Flight Command
movie

T-H-R-I-L-L AMERICA! Here come The Flying "HELL CATS"!
Released December 27, 1940
Overview
A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn't make a great first impression when he is forced to ditch his airplane and parachute to safety when he arrives at the base but is unable to land due to heavy fog. On his first day on the job, his poor shooting skills results in the Hellcats losing an air combat competition. His fellow pilots accept him anyways but they think he's crossed the line when they erroneously conclude that while their CO Billy Gray is away, Drake has an affair with his wife Lorna. Drake is now an outcast and is prepared to resign from the Navy but his extreme heroism in saving Billy Gray's life turns things around.
Cast

Robert Taylor
as
Ens. Alan Drake

Ruth Hussey
as
Lorna Gray

Walter Pidgeon
as
Squadron Commander Billy Gary

Paul Kelly
as
Lieut. Cmdr. 'Dusty' Rhodes

Shepperd Strudwick
as
Lieut. Jerry Banning

Red Skelton
as
Lieut. 'Mugger' Martin

Nat Pendleton
as
C.P.O. 'Spike' Knowles

Dick Purcell
as
Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

William Tannen
as
Lieut. Freddy Townsend

William Stelling
as
Lieut. Bush

Stanley Smith
as
Lieut. Frost

Addison Richards
as
Vice Admiral
