Air Cadet
Are you going to let that boy go up alone?
1951 | 94m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Joseph Pevney |
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| Writer: | Robert L. Richards, Robert Soderberg |
| Staring: |
| A group of cadets have assorted problems at the U.S. Air Force Pilot Training Academy. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 14, 1951 |
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| Director: | Joseph Pevney |
| Writer: | Robert L. Richards, Robert Soderberg |
| Genres: | Drama, War |
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| Production Companies | Universal International Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Stephen McNally | Major Jack Page |
| Gail Russell | Janet Page |
| Alex Nicol | Joe Czanoczek |
| Richard Long | Russ Coulter |
| Charles Drake | Captain Sullivan |
| Robert Arthur | Walt Carver |
| Rock Hudson | Upper Classman |
| Peggie Castle | Pat |
| James Best | Jerry Connell |
| Parley Baer | Major Jim Evans |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Joseph Pevney | Director |
| Bud Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Joseph Hoffman | Additional Dialogue |
| Robert L. Richards | Story, Screenplay |
| Robert Soderberg | Story |
| Clifford Stine | Director of Photography |
| Bernard Herzbrun | Art Direction |
| Edward L. Ilou | Art Direction |
| Michael Smolen | Technical Advisor |
| Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Joseph Kish | Set Decoration |
| Leslie I. Carey | Sound |
| Joe Lapis | Sound |
| Joseph Gershenson | Music Director |
| Russell F. Schoengarth | Editor |
| Bill Thomas | Costume Design |
| Joan St. Oegger | Hairstylist |
| David S. Horsley | Visual Effects |
| Clyde De Vinna | Aerial Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Aaron Rosenberg | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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This could almost be a training/recruitment exercise for the US Air Force as we follow the rather contrived relationship between "Maj. Page" (Stephen McNally), his independently-minded student "Ross" (Richard Long) and his estranged wife and new friend of his amorous young pupil "Janet" (Gail Russel ... l). There is some fine aerial photography here, early jet aircraft put through their paces - bit the story and acting are very disjointed. It can't quite decide whether it's about the science, the disciplined training or the romance - and as a result it all rather misfires leaving us with a rather dull experience. It does give us the briefest of illustrations as to just how green some of these would-be pilots were - best exemplified by Alex Nicol's barely started shaving "Joe", but the rivalry between the two leading roles is too manufactured and Russell injects little by way of charisma into her role before a conclusion that I felt distinctly predictable - and sentimental. Maybe worth a watch for the planes - and an early outing for Rock Hudson, but not for much else, sorry.