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Chain Lightning was one of Bogart's final Warner Bros. films, ending a 20-year association. The film was released in multiple versions for 11 different countries; in Germany, it was known as Des Teufels Pilot . Plot [ edit] Lt. Colonel Matt Brennan, a B-17 bomber pilot in World War II, runs a civilian flying school in peacetime.
- $1,477,000
- David Buttolph
- Anthony Veiller
Chain Lightning: Directed by Stuart Heisler. With Humphrey Bogart, Eleanor Parker, Raymond Massey, Richard Whorf. Former World War II flying ace Matt Brennan takes a position as a test pilot for a commercial aircraft corporation and bumps into his old girlfriend, Jo Holloway, who now works as a receptionist for the company.
- Stuart Heisler
- 2 min
There's a new Bogart thrill in the sky! Overview. Former World War II flying ace Matt Brennan takes a position as a test pilot for a commercial aircraft corporation and bumps into his old girlfriend, Jo Holloway, who now works as a receptionist for the company. Stuart Heisler. Director. Liam O'Brien. Screenplay. Vincent B. Evans. Screenplay.
Chain Lightning, one of Humphrey Bogart's last outings with Warner Bros., plays a former World War II fighter pilot who, in peacetime, becomes a test pilot for Raymond Massey's Howard Hughes-like aviation mogul. Initially restless when not in a plane, he later takes on a test flight with an experimental jet so he can get out of the business and ...
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- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Stuart Heisler
Budget $1,477,000. Box office $2,555,000. The film stars Humphrey Bogart, who might have been too old (he was 51) to play convincingly a test pilot, Eleanor Parker and Raymond Massey.
Dec 16, 2023 · By Doug Oswald. Humphry Bogart and Eleanor Parker feature in the aviation romance drama, “Chain Lightning,” available on Blu-ray via the Warner Archive Collection. Bogart is hot-shot test pilot Matt Brennan flying for an aircraft manufacturer contracted to produce a supersonic jet for the newly formed United States Air Force.
