Flight Command.
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Alan Drake is a hotshot ensign who wants to be accepted by the pilots of an elite squadron, nicknamed the "Hellcats", to which he has been posted in San Diego. He gets off to a bad start, making a nearly disastrous landing attempt in heavy fog against orders, then disqualifying the squadron during a competitive shooting exercise. Drake also asks out Lorna (Ruth Hussey), a woman he has met, not knowing that she is married to the squadron commander Billy Gary (Walter Pidgeon) Drake is earnest and contrite, and both his flying and social errors are forgiven.
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FLIGHT COMMAND. Loew's Inc. with the cooperation of the United States Navy, c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 11 reels, sd., b&w. Based on the story by Harvey Haislip and John Sutherland. Credits: Producer, J. Walter Ruben; director, Frank Borzage; screenplay, Wells Root, Harvey Haislip; music score, Franz Waxman; film editor, Robert J. Kern. © Loew's Inc.; 12Dec40; LP10166.
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