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"For two pilots, one woman became a conflict of interest."

On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Stackhouse, competes with Britt for the affections of Kay Saunders, the daughter of a local rancher. Despite their differences, Britt makes sure Sutton passes his training and becomes a combat pilot -- even though he loses Kay to the young man in the process.

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Preston Foster

Steve Britt

John Sutton

Peter Stackhouse

Gene Tierney

Kay Saunders

Jack Holt

Colonel MacDonald

May Whitty

Lady Jane Stackhouse

George Barbier

Col. Cyrus P. 'Gramps' Saunders

Richard Haydn

George Lockwood

Reginald Denny

Barrett

Ted North

Cadet Hackzell

Janis Carter

Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee

C. Montague Shaw

Doctor

Viola Moore

Nurse

Nana Bryant

Mrs. Blake

Joyce Compton

Saleswoman

Bess Flowers

Nurse

Selmer Jackson

Bit role

Charles Tannen

American Flyer / Opening Off-Screen Narrator (voice)

Harry Strang

Forest Ranger

Walter Tetley

Messenger Boy

Walter Tetley

Red Cross Nurse Trainee (uncredited)

Peter Lawford

English Cadet (uncredited)

William A. Wellman

Director

Lamar Trotti

Screenplay

Darryl F. Zanuck

Story

Richard Day

Art Direction

David Buttolph

Music

James Basevi

Art Direction

Lamar Trotti

Producer

Guy Pearce

Makeup Artist

Walter Thompson

Editor

Dolly Tree

Costume Design

Thomas Little

Set Decoration

Darryl F. Zanuck

Executive Producer

Ernest Palmer

Director of Photography

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