20,000 Men a Year (1939)

Directed by

Alfred Edward Green

Genre

drama film, action film, adventure film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of men train to become pilots and contribute to the buildup of American aviation. The story follows their experiences and the challenges they face.

patrioticfast-pacedearnestsuspensefulstirringoptimistic

What happens

20,000 Men a Year (aka Air Story and Aviation Story) is a 1939 American action film directed by Alfred E. Green and written by Lou Breslow and Owen Francis. The film stars Randolph Scott, Preston Foster, Margaret Lindsay, Mary Healy, Robert Shaw, George Ernest, Jane Darwell, Kane Richmond and Maxie Rosenbloom. It was the fourth and last film produced by Cosmopolitan Pictures in its final year of operation. Long before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government had encouraged Hollywood to produce films designed to encourage a buildup of the aviation industry as well as the military. The release of 20,000 Men a Year on October 27, 1939, by 20th Century Fox reflected the spirit of the times. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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