Ceiling Zero

Jan 16, 1936

1h 35m

★ 5.6

Crackling with drama that will win your cheers...if you can cheer when your heart's in your throat!

Overview

War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline. Dizzy is fooling with one of the younger pilot's girl-friend and due to this he changes flights with Texas.

Genres

Adventure

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Cosmopolitan Productions

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Dizzy Davies

James Cagney

Jake L. Lee

Pat O’Brien

Tommy Thomas

June Travis

Texas Clarke

Stuart Erwin

Al Stone

Barton MacLane

Tay Lawson

Henry Wadsworth

Lou Clarke

Isabel Jewell

Mary Miller Lee

Martha Tibbetts

Joe Allen

Craig Reynolds

Smiley (as Dick Purcell)

Dick Purcell

Eddie Payson

Carlyle Moore Jr.

Fred Adams

Addison Richards

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