Movie

Men of the Sky

Released: July 25, 1942 (1942)

Runtime: 20 minutes

Genres: Drama, War

A propaganda film, made in the early months of World War II, dramatizing a new group of U.S. Army Air Force pilots receiving their wings from Lt. General H.H. Arnold. An off-screen narrator introduces four of them to us; we see them before the war, during flight training, and in their first assignments as pilots.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Franklyn Farnum as Farmer (uncredited)
Age at release: 64
Inez Gay as Mrs. Mathews (uncredited)
Age at release: 48
Sol Gorss as Shoe Repair Shop Prorietor (uncredited)
Age at release: 34
Dave Willock as Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens
Age at release: 32
Ruth Ford as Cadet Gladdens' Sweetheart
Age at release: 31
Don DeFore as Cadet Dick Mathews
Age at release: 28
Tod Andrews as Cadet Frank Bickley
Age at release: 27
Eleanor Parker as Mrs. Frank Bickley
Age at release: 20
Ray Montgomery as Cadet Jim Morgan
Age at release: 20
Henry H. Arnold as Himself - 'Hap' Arnold
Age at release: Unknown

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Lottie Williams as Woman Outside Church (uncredited)
Age at release: 68
Hank Mann as Storekeeper (uncredited)
Age at release: 55
Frank Mayo as Mr. Mathews (uncredited)
Age at release: 53
Jack Mower as Mr. Morgan (uncredited)
Age at release: 51
Harry Harvey Jr. as Jim Morgan, as a Boy (uncredited)
Age at release: 12
Billy Lechner as Little Brother Mathews (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown