A Guy Named Joe Page #3

Synopsis: Maj. Pete Sandidge is a very able pilot who seems to have a streak of luck as far as flying goes. World War II is raging and Pete has come out of it pretty so far. He even has a beautiful girlfriend Dorinda Durston, herself a qualified pilot who ferries aircraft to different bases. When Pete is killed however, he finds himself in heaven and learns that every pilot has a guardian angel. He returns to Earth where, unseen by anyone, he coaches a pilot-in-training Ted Randall. Ted is a pretty good kid and is coming along nicely but when he's shipped to New Guinea he runs into Dorinda who has remained faithful to her lost love. As Ted pursues her, Pete will have to decide what he wants to do about it.
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Director(s): Victor Fleming
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
 
IMDB:
7.0
PASSED
Year:
1943
120 min
328 Views


Grumble, grumble. No other

Guy would wait an hour

To watch a girl

Make a bad landing.

Don't darling me!

Now, darling-

You oughta be

Grounded.

One of these days,

You're gonna spin in and

Break that scrawny little neck.

Not scrawny!

It's a turkey neck.

A turkey neck.

Who's talking?

Why, Pete!

You were worried!

Did you ever

Stop to think

What one of those

Crates cost?

Hah! That's a cover-up.

You love me.

I love airplanes.

That's the same thing.

Hello, al!

Say, you pretty near scared

Our hot pilot here to death

Comin' in like that.

Well, he's probably got a

Crush. They get over it, though.

Least all mine do.

Get in before

I do break your neck.

Oh, Pete. Sorry.

Nails wants to see you.

Aw, now, cliff,

Be a good fellow.

When you got here, we were

Gone. It's a kind of mystery.

Yeah, but a mystery where the

Detective is always the fall guy.

Besides, I said

I was sorry.

See, this wouldn't have

Happened if you'd been on time.

Come on,

Come on.

If you hadn't pulled

Some fool stunt,

He wouldn't be out here hunting for you!

What have you done

Now?

Nothing. You know they can't

Run this show without me, honey.

You get all dressed up and be

At the inn for dinner at 8:00.

It's possible

I won't be there.

If you're not, I'll have somebody

Else... Better-lookin', too.

You do and I'll scratch your eyes out.

You sent for me,

Colonel?

Yes. Yes. Um...

Let's see, what-

Oh, sit down, major.

Thank you, sir.

Oh, I know

What it is.

I got a problem here

You can help me solve.

Is that so, sir?

Yes. Knowing how interested you are

In photography.

Ha ha. You must be thinking

Of someone else, colonel.

I'm not interested

In photography,

Especially

On my day off.

Oh, this won't take

Very long.

I happened to run

Across photographs

Of the raid

This morning.

Very, very interesting.

Here. Have a look.

Yes, sir.

Do you, uh, see it,

Major?

How high, or rather, how low would

You say that plane was flying?

Oh, I wouldn't

Know that, colonel.

My guess would be

About a thousand feet.

That's exactly

What I would say, major!

Exactly!

A thousand feet.

Captain yackey's report

Said the squadron

Bombed at, uh,

12,000 feet.

I was just wondering

Whose plane could have

Come in at a thousand?

And another thing...

Have you any idea

What that is, major?

No, colonel, I haven't

The faintest idea.

That is an engine

Whistle-

You know,

Off a locomotive-

Toot toot.

It was blown right through

The fuselage of your ship.

Amazing, isn't it,

Major?

Would you like me

To say

Of course!

Of course I would,

Major!

You know, after all these

Years of being buddies,

Why should we

Suddenly allow rank

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Dalton Trumbo

James Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter and novelist who scripted many award-winning films including Roman Holiday, Exodus, Spartacus, and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of communist influences in the motion picture industry. He, along with the other members of the Hollywood Ten and hundreds of other industry professionals, was subsequently blacklisted by that industry. His talents as one of the top screenwriters allowed him to continue working clandestinely, producing work under other authors' names or pseudonyms. His uncredited work won two Academy Awards: for Roman Holiday (1953), which was given to a front writer, and for The Brave One (1956) which was awarded to a pseudonym of Trumbo's. When he was given public screen credit for both Exodus and Spartacus in 1960, this marked the beginning of the end of the Hollywood Blacklist for Trumbo and other screenwriters. He finally was given full credit by the Writers' Guild for all his achievements, the work of which encompassed six decades of screenwriting. more…

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