Swing Shift Maisie

It's the war years and Maisie Ravier (Ann Sothern) gets a job at an airplane assembly plant after getting fired from a dog act. 'Breezy' McLaughlin (James Craig) is the dare-devil test pilot at the plant. He wants to join the war, but the boss is preventing him. Maisie helps struggling actress Iris Reed (Jean Rogers) get a job at the plant. It backfires when Breezy falls for Iris.

This got real dark for a second. It doesn't need to go that dark. I would prefer not to go there even with the later reveal. It's uncomfortable. This is the seventh in the series. It's wartime Maisie. The last one did tack on a wartime propaganda. In this one, she's jumping from her showbiz job right into Rosie the Riveter. I don't really like Breezy leaving. It makes the love triangle very wonky. The Hitler joke is a little surprising, but I guess a lot of movies were doing that. The drill press accident is actually very scary. All in all, it would be more compelling if Breezy is around. The tension just isn't there. The movie has one note and it keeps playing over and over again. It gets a bit tiring.