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Devil Dogs of the Air (1935)

Devil Dogs of the Air poster
Directed by
Lloyd Bacon
Genre
action film, comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two close friends join the Marine air corps. They compete and train together as they navigate their friendship and their duties.

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What happens

Devil Dogs of the Air (a.k.a. Flying Marines) is a 1935 American action comedy-drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien, playing similar roles as close friends after making their debut as a "buddy team" in Here Comes the Navy. Devil Dogs of the Air was the second of nine features that James Cagney and Pat O'Brien made together. The film's storyline was adapted from a novel by John Monk Saunders. It was produced by Cosmopolitan Productions with distribution by Warner Bros. Pictures who released it on February 9, 1935. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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