Night Flight

Oct 6, 1933

1h 24m

★ 5.6

SIX STARS IN A ROMANCE OF THE SKIES!

Overview

Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Night Flight Trailers

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Cast

Riviere

John Barrymore

Madame Fabian

Helen Hayes

Jules

Clark Gable

Robineau

Lionel Barrymore

Auguste Pellerin

Robert Montgomery

Wife of Brazilian Pilot

Myrna Loy

Brazilian Pilot

William Gargan

Daudet

C. Henry Gordon

Jules' Radio Operator / Co-Pilot

Leslie Fenton

Pierre Roblet

Harry Beresford

Radio Operator

Frank Conroy

Pellerin's Girlfriend

Dorothy Burgess

Frances Farmer's second film is a typical B-programmer from the Paramount lot of 1936--up and coming stars (John Howard, Robert Cummings, Grant Withers, Farmer) in a concerning the Coast Guard and smugglers. The chief points of interest are the truly exceptional aerial sequences and Farmer's early performance.

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