Test Pilot (1938)






Jim is a test pilot. It is a risky business with no future, hard on the body and nerves, sometimes driving the pilots to drink. Jim marries Ann, who gradually realizes the hazards of her husband’s work. Both she and Gunner, Jim’s buddy, try to keep Jim sober and sane. Finally Jim cracks up a plane, killing Gunner. This makes- him decide to quit flying and take a ground job.


Vintage magazines

Visages et contes du cinéma 26 1938
Visages et contes du cinéma 26 1938

Film programs

Illustrierter Film-Kurier Berlin nr. 2834

Books with substantial mentioning of Test Pilot

John Dileo
100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - but probably don't
New York, 2002

Lawrence J. Quirk
The Films of Myrna Loy
Secaucus, NJ, 1980

Gabe Essoe
The Films of Clarke Gable
Secaucus, N.J., 1977
pp. 184-185 info

Donald Descher
The Films of Spencer Tracy
New York, 1968