Thursday, December 19, 2013

Pilot #5 (1943)

This review is on Pilot #5 from 1943 which stars: Franchot Tone, Marsha Hunt, Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Alan Baxter, Dick Simmons, Howard Freeman and is directed by George Sidney.

In Java during the darkest days of World War II, an American pilot takes off in his squad's only air-worthy plane. His mission: drop the 500-pound bomb strapped to his plane's fuselage on a Japanese aircraft carrier. As he wings toward certain death, the airmen left behind share their comrade's life story - a stirring tale of love, ambition, political corruption and personal redemption. (from WarnerArchive)



This is a Warner Archive release and has pretty good video and audio quality. The film is presented in b&w, full screen and runs for about 71mins (1hr 11mins).

I would give this film a 6.5/10 and the DVD a 3/5. Overall this is a good DVD release and is a film I recommend.

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