Test Pilot Page #4

Synopsis: Jim Lane is a test pilot, whose professional life is dangerous, and whose personal life compensates for that danger by fast living and recklessness. As such, he lives from paycheck to paycheck, and is often in debt, but knows his lucrative job will eventually get him out of those debts. On a coast to coast record attempt speed flight, Jim's plane, the Drake Bullet (named after the company's owner), hits some mechanical problems and Jim is forced to make an emergency landing on a farmer's field in Kansas. The farm belongs to the Barton family, whose straight talking daughter, Ann Barton, falls for Jim, and visa versa. They impulsively decide to get married and live in New York. Jim's sidekick and mechanic, "Gunner" Morris, doesn't know if Jim and marriage go hand in hand, both because of the type of person he is and his profession. Ann too soon learns that she plays second fiddle to Jim's work, she referring to the sky as Jim's mistress. Ann also truly comes to understand the dangers of
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Victor Fleming
Production: MGM
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
PASSED
Year:
1938
119 min
136 Views


And he'll tell you

A hit and run.

What a beauty!

Two outs,

A man on first,

And 3 and 1

On the batter. Yeah.

And that second baseman

Isn't surprised much.

Look at him! He can't

Get over it!

I think this guy is right.

It was horseshoed.

Why, sure. Listen. See, it's the

Luckiest ball club in the business.

It's kept them up there

All year.

What's the matter,

Second baseman?

Can't you get over

The surprise?

I see what you mean. You mean wichita's

Been getting breaks like this all year?

All year. I never seen

Anything like that.

Your girl

Is just prejudiced.

Women don't know anything

About baseball, anyway.

What's all this?

Watch the game, pal.

Watch the game.

There they are.

Yeah. We're

Just in time.

I love you.

"I love you, too."

I love you, too.

Shh!

Look, Jim. Look at that.

Look at that!

Could you do that?

Will you stop? Look at

All the space he's taking.

Well, there's

Plenty of it.

Come on.

Where?

Never mind.

How do you like it?

Oh, it's great!

Whoo!

Oh, that was

Wonderful!

Simply wonderful.

Oh!

Whoops!

Take it easy, pal. Take it easy.

You all right?

Oh, yes.

I'm all right.

But I'm all right now.

Oh!

Thanks, ray.

Whoa! Whoa.

Well!

Hello, darling.

I'm in no mood

For gags.

Shake hands

With ann instead.

Oh, you only got

One this time, huh?

Where's mable?

She must have seen

Your picture somewhere.

Hello, hello, hello.

Where did you

See each other?

I picked her off a cloud

And got dizzy. Come on.

Thanks, pal.

Hey.

What?

Do you know what

I'm thinking about?

Am I in it?

It's a wish.

Ohh. What?

That it was

This morning again.

Could you do it all over again tomorrow?

Could you?

I never had a better

Time, ann. And you?

The best.

There's a new show

There tonight.

Where?

Wichita.

Oh. How about

Your friend?

You want him

To go with us?

No.

You're going to have

A nice sleep tonight, pal.

Yeah.

Did you get

That pump off? No.

No, I didn't.

That's fine.

That's fine.

I had to go to wichita, didn't I?

Oh, sure. Sure.

I had to meet you,

Didn't I?

Oh, yeah. Sure.

I didn't want you

To get lost, did I?

No, no, no, no.

Be a little

Grateful then.

Grate-for what?

Aren't you glad

To meet ann?

Sure, I'm glad

To meet ann.

Sure, I'm gl-

Ha ha!

Any chance of getting

Out of here tonight?

Nah. Not a chance. Wait'll

You see where she lives.

Oh, a little house sailing along

All by itself in a sea of wheat.

And a cute little cot

For you to sleep on.

Yeah. And wait'll you

Smell them honeysuckles.

Don't give me that banjo. What

Time can we get out tomorrow?

Well, I'm ready

Whenever you are.

That's all I wanted to know.

We're leaving early.

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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