Flight Lieutenant

1942 NR 1h 20m 5.8

A disgraced pilot determines to regain the respect of both his son, now a test pilot for the Army, and the men he once flew with.

Sam Doyle (Pat O'Brien) is a World War One veteran pilot whose post-war negligence causes the death of Thompson (Warren Ashe) his co-pilot. Disgraced, he attempts to find refuge from his guilt by exiling himself to Dutch Guiana where, for a while, he lives among the flotsam and jetsam of humanity. Danny Doyle, the son he has not seen for years, is now a test pilot, and in love with Susie Thompson, the daughter of the dead co-pilot. Sam re-enlists in the army air corps, under an assumed name, as a private and redeems himself by sacrificing his life in a test flight scheduled to be taken by his son.

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Info about Flight Lieutenant

Studio(s): Columbia Pictures

Originally Released: Jul 09, 1942

Production Country: United States

Genres: Drama, Action, Romance, War