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Date: 1939 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Directed by: Howard Hawks

Production company billing: ©1939. Columbia Pictures Corp. of Calif. Ltd. Columbia Pictures Corporation presents
Synopsis: Romantic drama among a group of men running an airline over dangerous mountains. The contract to deliver mail is fulfilled at the cost of injury and sacrifice.

Genre:
Drama

Subject:
Air transport
Credits (21)
©: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Production Company: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Presents: Columbia Pictures, [Producer]: Howard Hawks, [2nd Unit Director]: Sam Nelson, Richard Rosson, [Assistant Director]: Arthur S. Black, Screen Play: Jules Furthman, [Screenplay Contributions]: William M. Rankin, Eleanore Griffin, [Story]: Howard Hawks, Photography: Joseph Walker, Aerial Photography: Elmer Dyer, Special Effects: Roy Davidson, Film Editor: Viola Lawrence, Art Direction: Lionel Banks, Gowns: Kalloch, Music by: Dimitri Tiomkin, Musical Director: M.W. Stoloff, Technical Adviser/Chief Pilot: Paul Mantz
Cast (50)
Cary Grant (Geoff Carter), Jean Arthur (Bonnie Lee), Richard Barthelmess (Bat MacPherson), Rita Hayworth (Judith 'Judy' MacPherson), Thomas Mitchell (Kid Dabb), Allyn Joslyn (Les Peters), Sig Rumann ('Dutchy' van Ryder), Victor Kilian (Sparks), John Carroll (Gent Shelton), Donald Barry (Tex Gordon), Noah Beery Jr (Joe Souther), Maciste (the singing guitarist), Milissa Sierra (Lily), Lucio Villegas (Dr Lagorio), Pat Flaherty (Mike), Pedro Regas (Pancho), Pat West (Baldy), Vernon Dent ([ship's captain]), Budd Fine ([first mate]), Rafael Storm ([Rafael, purser]), Charles Moore ([servant]), Forbes Murray ([Harkwright]), Bud Wolfe, Ky Robinson, Eddie Foster, Lew Davis, James Millican, Al Rhein, Curley Dresden, Ed Randolph ([mechanic]), Elena Duran, Cecilia Callejo ([blonde señorita]), Forbes Murray ([Harkwright Sr]), Stanley Brown ([Harkwright Jr]), Sammee Tong ([cook]), Victor Travers, Francisco Maran ([plantation overseer]), Tex Higginson, Jack Lowe ([banana foreman]), Wilson Benge ([assistant purser]), Enrique Acosta, Raúl Lechuga, Dick Botiller, Harry Bailey, Aurora Navarro, Tessie Murray ([tourist]), Cecilia Callejo ([Felice]), Candy Candido ([musician]), Inez Palange ([Lily's aunt]), Robert Sterling ([uncredited])