A talented but brash stunt pilot enters the Marine Corps and becomes more disciplined.A talented but brash stunt pilot enters the Marine Corps and becomes more disciplined.A talented but brash stunt pilot enters the Marine Corps and becomes more disciplined.
William B. Davidson
- Adjutant
- (as William Davidson)
Edward Brophy
- Undetermined Role
- (scenes deleted)
Helen Flint
- Mrs. Brown
- (scenes deleted)
William Begg
- Officer
- (uncredited)
Carlyle Blackwell Jr.
- Messenger
- (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
- Communications Officer
- (uncredited)
George Bernard Dilley Sr.
- US Navy Radio Man
- (uncredited)
Bill Elliott
- Instructor
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaHelen Flint (Mrs. Brown) and Edward Brophy are in studio records/casting call lists as actors in this movie, but they do not appear.
- GoofsThe handwriting on the check O'Toole endorses for Betty, and the handwriting on the same check that Betty shows Brannigan, are not the same.
- Crazy creditsTo the Navy Department, to the officers and men of the Marine Corps and the fleet, Warner Bros. extend their thanks for invaluable co-operation.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say? (2005)
- SoundtracksThe Marines Hymn
(ca 1850) (uncredited)
Traditional Marines song
Music by Jacques Offenbach from "Geneviève de Brabant"
Played during the opening credits and at the end
Variations played in the score often
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except for the aerial work, nothing much
Devil Dogs of the Air is a typical Warner Brothers film with a typical Warner Brothers cast, not that that's a bad thing at all. The movie stars Jimmy Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Margaret Lindsay, and Frank McHugh.
Cagney plays a cocky flier, Tommy, whose friend Brannigan (O'Brien) encourages him to enlist in Marine flying school.
The first thing he does is fall for Brannigan's girlfriend Betty (Lindsay) who can't stand him. We all know what that means.
It turns out that Tommy is a remarkable flier and, though the friendship between the two men seems to suffer, everybody has to admit that Tommy knows what he's doing. And he keeps going after Betty.
Predictable, but the good cast brings it up a level as do the flying sequences. The planes look like what the Wright Brothers invented, and they do some amazing things.
If you're an airplane fan, you will enjoy this, though you might mix it up with some of Warners other flying films. But it has the US Navy dirigible, the early planes as I mentioned, and some fabulous stunts.
I have to one day count up how many films Cagney, O'Brien and McHugh made together. I know McHugh and Cagney made 11, and that all three were friends. They worked together very well.
Cagney plays a cocky flier, Tommy, whose friend Brannigan (O'Brien) encourages him to enlist in Marine flying school.
The first thing he does is fall for Brannigan's girlfriend Betty (Lindsay) who can't stand him. We all know what that means.
It turns out that Tommy is a remarkable flier and, though the friendship between the two men seems to suffer, everybody has to admit that Tommy knows what he's doing. And he keeps going after Betty.
Predictable, but the good cast brings it up a level as do the flying sequences. The planes look like what the Wright Brothers invented, and they do some amazing things.
If you're an airplane fan, you will enjoy this, though you might mix it up with some of Warners other flying films. But it has the US Navy dirigible, the early planes as I mentioned, and some fabulous stunts.
I have to one day count up how many films Cagney, O'Brien and McHugh made together. I know McHugh and Cagney made 11, and that all three were friends. They worked together very well.
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- blanche-2
- Jul 5, 2016
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- Budget
- $350,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Devil Dogs of the Air (1935) officially released in Canada in English?
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