Overview:
A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a major contract.| Status: | Released (1939-05-15) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 1 nomination total |
| Screen: | Jules Furthman, Howard Hawks, Eleanore Griffin |
| Productions: | Columbia Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | Español, English |
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Casts
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Crews
- 11435: Howard Hawks - Director - Directing
- 4297: Jules Furthman - Screenplay - Writing
- 4082: Dimitri Tiomkin - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 17761: Joseph Walker - Director of Photography - Camera
- 34224: Viola Lawrence - Editor - Editing
- 1557103: Roy Davidson - Special Effects - Crew
- 31969: Lionel Banks - Art Direction - Art
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Reviews
John Chard
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Howard Hawks on familiar territory with this aeroplane adventure/drama. Geoff Carter is the head of a small run down air freight company in Barranca, one of his best pilots (and friend) is killed, but this is merely only one of the problems he has to deal with as ex flames, potent ....
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Holy Smokes. And they do smoke a lot in this film. Geoff as the prototypical "man's man" who runs a struggling air freight company near a difficult to pass mountain. I don't want to give too much away, but between a handful of airplane crashes and a new beau and ex lover showin ....
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Jean Arthur gets off to a flying start here as the no-nonsense "Bonnie" who arrives in a remote village in South America. It's a small but lively location where "Carter" (Cary Grant) runs an air-freight business from a runway with more holes and puddles than actual ground upon which ....
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