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Thomas Jefferson "Tommy" O'Toole
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Devil Dogs of the Air (a.k.a. Flying Marines) is a 1935 Warner Bros. 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.
Synopsis. Lieut. Bill Brannigan is pleased to learn that fellow Brooklynite Thomas Jefferson "Tommy" O'Toole is coming to San Diego to join the Marine flying corps. To his surprise, the boy he remembers has turned into a self-important young man, and also a great flyer.
- Lloyd Bacon
- James Cagney
Oct 2, 2019 · Thomas Jefferson “Tommy” O’Toole (James Cagney) considers himself the world’s greatest aviator but joins the Marines to (I guess) be with his childhood buddy, Lt. Brannigan (Pat O’Brien), and has to go through all the steps—training, flight instruction, solo flight—that he considers beneath him. He lets everyone know it’s beneath him.
A Marine flier (Pat O'Brien) clashes in San Diego with a brash stunt pilot (James Cagney) from Brooklyn.
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- Lloyd Bacon
- Comedy, Drama
- James Cagney
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Devil Dogs of the Air ★★½ 1935. Cagney and O'Brien team up in another air drama with Cagney once again the cocky pilot who, this time, joins the Marine Air Corp. O'Brien plays his flying idol (and later rival). Cagney finds all his wisecracking and luck are no match for knowledge and experience but he learns.
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Overview. Two Marine pilots vie for romance and glory. Lloyd Bacon. Director. John Monk Saunders. Story. Malcolm Stuart Boylan. Writer. Earl Baldwin.
