Chain Lightning (1950)

Directed by

Stuart Heisler

Genre

drama film, action film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A test pilot takes dangerous jobs flying experimental jets. Tensions rise with his commanding officer and a former lover.

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What happens

Chain Lightning is a 1950 American aviation film. The screenplay was written by Liam O'Brien and Vincent B. Evans, who had been a bombardier on the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Memphis Belle during World War II, based on the story "These Many Years" by blacklisted communist writer Lester Cole (under the pseudonym J. Redmond Prior). Cole's credit on the film was officially restored by the Writers Guild of America in 1997. The film stars Humphrey Bogart as a test pilot along with Eleanor Parker and Raymond Massey. It is one of Bogart's final Warner Bros. films, ending a 20-year association. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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