A talented but brash stunt pilot enters the Marine Corps and becomes more disciplined.A talented but brash stunt pilot enters the Marine Corps and becomes more disciplined.A talented but brash stunt pilot enters the Marine Corps and becomes more disciplined.
William B. Davidson
- Adjutant
- (as William Davidson)
Edward Brophy
- Undetermined Role
- (scenes deleted)
Helen Flint
- Mrs. Brown
- (scenes deleted)
William Begg
- Officer
- (uncredited)
Carlyle Blackwell Jr.
- Messenger
- (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
- Communications Officer
- (uncredited)
George Bernard Dilley Sr.
- US Navy Radio Man
- (uncredited)
Bill Elliott
- Instructor
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaHelen Flint (Mrs. Brown) and Edward Brophy are in studio records/casting call lists as actors in this movie, but they do not appear.
- GoofsThe handwriting on the check O'Toole endorses for Betty, and the handwriting on the same check that Betty shows Brannigan, are not the same.
- Crazy creditsTo the Navy Department, to the officers and men of the Marine Corps and the fleet, Warner Bros. extend their thanks for invaluable co-operation.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say? (2005)
- SoundtracksThe Marines Hymn
(ca 1850) (uncredited)
Traditional Marines song
Music by Jacques Offenbach from "Geneviève de Brabant"
Played during the opening credits and at the end
Variations played in the score often
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This movie was directed by Lloyd Bacon and stars James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. This is probably one of Cagney's worst pictures and also one of the worst Cagney and O'Brien made together with the exception of The Irish In Us. Just a year later Cagney and O'Brien would go on to make Ceiling Zero with Howard Hawks which is a much better movie and you should watch that one instead. There isn't much to the plot like Cagney wanting to join the marines and winds up having to learn how to fly by his old friend O'Brien who is a Lieutenant. O'Brien is engaged to Margaret Lindsay but even after Cagney finds out he doesn't even care and still goes after her. There isn't much to the movie and you should watch one of Cagney's better movies instead.
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- Budget
- $350,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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