Flight Lieutenant

Flight Lieutenant

Flying like angels! Fighting like demons! Loving like men!

1942•1h 20m•6.3/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.3/10(3)

A disgraced pilot determines to regain the respect of both his son, now a test pilot for the Army, and the men he once flew with.

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Production

Columbia Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Pat O'Brien

Pat O'Brien

Samuel J. 'Sam' Doyle

Glenn Ford

Glenn Ford

Danny Doyle

Evelyn Keyes

Evelyn Keyes

Susie Thompson

Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale

Joseph Sanford

Lloyd Bridges

Lloyd Bridges

Cadet William "Bill" Robinson

Hugh Beaumont

Hugh Beaumont

Cadet John McGinnis

Marcel Dalio

Marcel Dalio

Marcel Faulet

Douglas Croft

Douglas Croft

Danny Doyle - as a boy

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