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Air Cadet (1951)

Air Cadet poster
Directed by
Joseph Pevney
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Young men join the US Air Force training program to become pilots. They go through drills and tests while some actors mix in with real airmen.

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What happens

Air Cadet is a 1951 American drama war film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Stephen McNally, Gail Russell, Alex Nicol and Richard Long. Air Cadet featured United States Air Force (USAF) pilots in training along with actors mixed into the training courses. The film had a small early role for 26-year-old Rock Hudson and a scene with future astronaut Gus Grissom. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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