Men Against the Sky

Men Against the Sky

1940•1h 15m•3.8/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

3.8/10(6)

A draftswoman, the sister of an aging, alcoholic pilot, secretly uses her brother's ideas to solve design problems for an experimental military plane in an attempt to save the company and salvage her brother's reputation.

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Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Richard Dix

Richard Dix

Phil Mercedes

Kent Taylor

Kent Taylor

Martin Ames

Edmund Lowe

Edmund Lowe

Dan McLean

Wendy Barrie

Wendy Barrie

Kay Mercedes

Granville Bates

Granville Bates

Mr. Burdett

Grant Withers

Grant Withers

Mr. Grant

Donald Briggs

Donald Briggs

Dick Allerton

Charles Quigley

Charles Quigley

Flynn

Selmer Jackson

Selmer Jackson

Capt. Sanders

Lee Bonnell

Lee Bonnell

Capt. Wallen

Pamela Blake

Pamela Blake

Nurse

Joe Bordeaux

Mechanic

Jan Buckingham

Miss Ross

Eddie Dunn

Eddie Dunn

Plainclothesman

Thornton Edwards

Court Clerk

Paul Everton

Paul Everton

Banker

Roy Gordon

Roy Gordon

Judge J. Doran Fox

Denis Greene

Denis Greene

Col. Kolbec

Jack Grey

Mechanic

Harry Harvey

Harry Harvey

Reception Clerk

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