Dive Bomber (1941)

Directed by

Michael Curtiz

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 12m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Harvard-educated doctor joins the Navy to study why pilots black out during high-altitude dives. He clashes with a skeptical veteran pilot before they work together on a new flight suit.

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What happens

Dive Bomber is a 1941 American aviation drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Errol Flynn, Fred MacMurray and Alexis Smith. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film is notable for both its Technicolor photography of pre-World War II United States Navy aircraft and as a historical document of the U.S. in 1941. This includes the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, one of the best-known U.S. warships of World War II. The film was the last of a collaboration between director Curtiz and actor Errol Flynn, which began in 1935 and spanned 12 films. The cast also includes Fred MacMurray, on loan from Paramount Studios, and Alexis Smith, in her first credited screen performance. Flynn portrays a Harvard-educated doctor who is involved in heroic medical research on pilots, with MacMurray as the skeptical veteran aviator who gets swept up in the project. The plot is not historically accurate, but depicted in a near-documentary style, the film contains elements of true events that were involved in period aeromedical research, as well as real contemporary medical equipment. The vivid cinematography prompted the tagline: "The stunning spectacle of color rides with you into the heavens!" Bert Glennon was nominated for an Oscar for Best Color Cinematography at the 14th Academy Awards in 1942. The film is dedicated to the flight surgeons of the U.S. armed forces "in recognition of their heroic efforts to solve the immensely difficult problems of aviation medicine".The film was a big hit at the box office, rounding out as the 19th-highest-grossing film of 1941. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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