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20,000 Men a Year

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Original title

20,000 Men a Year

Year

1939

Running time

84 min.

Country

United States

Director

Alfred E. Green

Screenwriter

Lou Breslow, Owen Francis. Plot: Frank Wead

Cast

Music

Samuel Kaylin

Cinematography

Ernest Palmer (B&W)

Producer

Cosmopolitan Production, 20th Century Fox

Genre

Action. Adventure. Drama. Romance | Planes

Synopsis

Jim Howell, a Civil Aeronautics Authorty official, has grounded Brand Reynolds for reckless flying. Reynolds starts a flying school but has little success until Howell has the CAA make Brad's school a center in its civilian pilots' training program. Howell does this anonymously as Brad still bears a grudge against him. Among the college students taking flying lessons are "Skip" Rogers, whose sister, Ann Rogers, opposes his flying until she meets and falls in love with Brad. Jim Howell's brother, Tommy, is also a student. Tommy confesses to Brad that he is afraid to fly, and Brad takes him up on a special training flight which ends in disaster. The engine stalls, Tommy faints and Brad opens his parachute and throws him out of the plane in order to save his life. Brad lands the plane safely in a tree. (Actually, Paul Mantz lands the airplane safely in a tree.) Brad then takes another plane to search for Tommy, and "Skip" goes along as a stowaway.

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20,000 Men a Year

1939

Alfred E. Green