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Pilot #5

A small group of Allied soldiers and airmen on Java are being bombed by Japanese 'planes daily. With only one working fighter of their own, and five pilots anxious to fly it, the Dutch commander chooses George Collins to fly a mission to drop a 500-lb bomb on the Japanese carrier lying offshore. As the flight progresses, the commander asks the other pilots to tell him about George. They recount his rise from brilliant law student, through the time he became involved in the corrupt machine of his state's Governor, and his attempts to redeem himself, both in his own eyes, and in Fredie, his long-time love.

1943 |1h 11m |  Drama, Romance, War

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Cast

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Franchot Tone

George Braynor Collins

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Marsha Hunt

Freddie Andrews

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Gene Kelly

Vito S. Alessandro

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Van Johnson

Everett Arnold

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Alan Baxter

Winston Davis

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Dick Simmons

Henry Willoughby Claven

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Peter Lawford

British Soldier

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Steven Geray

Major Eichel

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Howard Freeman

Hank Durban

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Frank Puglia

Nikola

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Frank Ferguson

Mr. Tully

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Edward Fielding

Dean Barrett

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Dorothy Morris

Hannah Pritchard

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Nellie V. Nichols

Mrs. Alessandro

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Marie Windsor

Mrs. Claven

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Jim Davis

Military Policeman

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Eddy Chandler

Head Deputy

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Hobart Cavanaugh

Boat Owner

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Status

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Language

English

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