Men Against The Sky (1940) (MOD)

Men Against The Sky (1940) (MOD)Phil Mercedes, the world famous "Greatest Pilot of Them All," who has been grounded because of his addiction to alcohol. Wendy Barrie plays Phil's sister Kay, who leaves drafting school to help her struggling sibling get back on his feet, with plans to use her brothers past design skills to keep them both employed. With Phil`s unrefined airplane designs in her possession. Kay gets her foot in the door at McLean Aircraft, a company at the edge of

director Chuck Bail (coordinator of many classic movie stunt sequences) and a crew of actors and stuntpersons treat you to a truly breakneck road comedy

and is welcomed by Emperor Kublai Kahn (George Barbier) and his daughter

Shearer - "The First Lady of the Screen" - portrays semi-invalid poet Elizabeth Barrett

whose life was tragically cut short

With the instability in Europe foreshadowing the beginnings of World War 11

the military has overthrown the South American Republic of Tribulacion and ex-President Rivera (David Opatoshu) is shot and wounded while making his escape

Happily he changed his mind

Petersburg

His haunting work as a veteran cop at loose ends turned out to be his final performance

she'll live that life in a captivating array of fashions by Adrian

I treasured the experience of working with Stuart again

Chesty's warned he'll get thrown in the brig if he clobbers a superior officer