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Test pilot Jim Lane (Clark Gable) has endangered himself more than once because of his drinking. Despite efforts by his best friend, Gunner (Spencer Tracy), Jim has not quit the bottle. After...
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Summaries. Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe. Jim Lane is a test pilot, whose professional life is dangerous, and whose personal life compensates for that danger by fast living and recklessness.
Gable is an adventurous test pilot who falls in love with Loy when he's forced to land in her family's Kansas cornfield. He settles down, thanks to the watchful eye of his loyal mechanic Tracy, and starts a family, but tensions arise when Loy objects to his testing of a new Air Force bomber.
45 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 7/10. What Would You do if Clark Gable Landed in your back yard? bkoganbing 19 December 2005. Clark Gable is the one in the title role and Spencer Tracy is his best friend and mechanic.
Here's a romantic aviation drama from director Victor Fleming with an all-star cast: Clark Gable as hot-shot pilot Jim Lane; Spencer Tracy as his best friend, mechanic Gunner Morris; Lionel Barrymore as the owner of the aviation company that employs them both, Mr. Drake; and Myrna Loy as Jim's love interest, Ann "Thursday" Barton.
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Test Pilot is one of those irresistible MGM potboilers of the 1930s that coast along on sheer star power. Clark Gable plays a courageous test pilot, who compromises his achievements with his frequent bouts of drinking.
Oct 27, 2018 · Test Pilot (1938) Posted on October 27, 2018. Test Pilot is a fine piece of time capsule filmmaking and there’s little doubt that the film showcases a dizzying array of airplanes that we very rarely see today. In that sense, it’s an aerial picture with some truly dazzling footage.
