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Men Against the Sky is a 1940 drama starring Richard Dix, Kent Taylor, Edmund Lowe and Wendy Barrie. Directed by Leslie Goodwins, it is based on a story by John Twist about the challenges of aircraft development and the dangers of test piloting in the period before World War II.
Men Against the Sky: Directed by Leslie Goodwins. With Richard Dix, Kent Taylor, Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie. Alcoholic pilot struggles to turn his life around.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Leslie Goodwins
- 1940-09-06
Introduced by a barker (Earle Hodgins), Richard Dix is hero Mercedes, an inebriate flier whose barnstorming days are about to end, impressive action, then visited by his dutiful sister (Wendy Barrie), opening RKO’s Men Against The Sky, 1940, screenplay by Nathanael West.
- Leslie Goodwins, Doran Cox
- Richard Dix
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- Phil Mercedes; Martin Ames; Dan McLean
- Leslie Goodwins
- 1940
Filter by Rating: 5/10. Great for aviation buffs, but for the rest it's pretty much a dud. planktonrules 2 January 2007. The film has two main themes. A world-famous aviator (Dix) has slowly destroyed his once amazing career and he has his pilot's license revoked for being drunk in the cockpit.
Men Against the Sky (1940) 09/06/1940 (US) Drama , War 1h 15m. User. Score. Overview. A draftswoman, the sister of an aging, alcoholic pilot, secretly uses her brother's ideas to solve design problems for an experimental military plane in an attempt to save the company and salvage her brother's reputation. Leslie Goodwins. Director. Nathanael West.
