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A military surgeon teams with a ranking Navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.A military surgeon teams with a ranking Navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.A military surgeon teams with a ranking Navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Lane Allan
- Measles Patient
- (uncredited)
James Anderson
- Pilot
- (uncredited)
Tod Andrews
- Telephone Man
- (uncredited)
James Conaty
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Garrett Craig
- Pilot
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaErrol Flynn was criticized for playing heroes in WWII movies. Tony Thomas in his book 'Errol Flynn: The Spy Who Never Was' states that Flynn had tried to enlist in every branch of any armed services he could but was rejected as unfit for service on the grounds of his health. Flynn had a heart condition, tuberculosis, malaria and a back problem. Flynn felt he could contribute to America's war effort by appearing in such films as this one, Edge of Darkness (1943), Northern Pursuit (1943), Objective, Burma! (1945), and Uncertain Glory (1944). Reportedly, Flynn was at his most professional and cooperative he ever was while working on WWII-themed movies. The studios apparently did not diffuse the criticism of Flynn's state of health as they wished to keep it quiet for fear of his box-office draw waning.
- GoofsIt has already been noted by another contributor that the RAF fighter flown by Tim Griffin (Regis Toomey) is a disguised Ryan training plane. The fact that an open-cockpit, fixed gear, obsolete monoplane would represent a modern British fighter nearly two years into World War II, is an insult to movie-goers' intelligence. It would have been better to paint up a Brewster F2A Buffalo (which was in the movie, but not featured) as an RAF fighter, which would have been more accurate since the US had already given/sold many Buffalos to the British by that time under President Roosevelt's Lend-Lease program.
- Quotes
Lieutenant Doug Lee: As far as I'm concerned, a woman is like an elephant. I like to look at them, but I don't want to own one.
- Crazy creditsThe following appears in the opening credits: "The picture itself we dedicate to the pioneer flight surgeons of our armed forces, in recognition of their heroic efforts to solve the immensely difficult problems of aviation medicine. To the 'Flight Surgeons,' then, whose job it is to keep our fighting pilots in the air."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Dive Bomber: Keep 'Em in the Air (2005)
- SoundtracksWhat's New?
(uncredited)
Music by Bob Haggart
Lyrics by Johnny Burke
[Performed by the nightclub singer on Lee and Blake's double date]
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Great scenery, annoying plot
This film is beautifully shot with incredible Technicolor photography of pre-WW 2 Navy aircraft in all their glory. (Note- Navy planes were purposely painted in bright colors to facilitate rescue at sea.)
Unfortunately there are a lot of annoying factors to the plot such as Allen Jenkins' alleged comic relief and some pretty unbelievable dialogue. Errol Flynn and Fred MacMurray spend a lot of time on manly stiff-upper-lip dialogue that is unbelievably stilted. There is a lot of real aviation medicine mixed in with some bogus movie baloney (the pressure suit they come up with is kind of a steal from round-the-world pilot Wiley Post). Navy pilots never used anything like that suit or the pressure belt in that time period. The film was actually shot at NAS North Island on Coronado island with the cooperation of the Navy.
If you want to see the kind of planes the Navy was flying in the late 30's, though, there is no better film. Look for the Consolidated Coronado 4-engine flying boat in one scene- a flying dinosaur!
Unfortunately there are a lot of annoying factors to the plot such as Allen Jenkins' alleged comic relief and some pretty unbelievable dialogue. Errol Flynn and Fred MacMurray spend a lot of time on manly stiff-upper-lip dialogue that is unbelievably stilted. There is a lot of real aviation medicine mixed in with some bogus movie baloney (the pressure suit they come up with is kind of a steal from round-the-world pilot Wiley Post). Navy pilots never used anything like that suit or the pressure belt in that time period. The film was actually shot at NAS North Island on Coronado island with the cooperation of the Navy.
If you want to see the kind of planes the Navy was flying in the late 30's, though, there is no better film. Look for the Consolidated Coronado 4-engine flying boat in one scene- a flying dinosaur!
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- Jim A
- Oct 4, 2002
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Beyond the Blue Sky
- Filming locations
- Eglin Air Force Base, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA(background shots)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $1,700,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 12 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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