Flight Command Summary
Director: Frank Borzage
Genres: Drama
Rating:
MGM had a tendency to overglamorize the sort of rough-hewn film fare that Warner Bros. offered to its public without adornments. Such was the case of Flight Command. Instead of Warners' streetwise James_Cagney, the MGM film stars pretty-boy Robert_Taylor as the obligatory hotshot cadet who chafes at the authority and discipline of a naval flight squadron. While Warners might have done without a romantic subplot, MGM contrives to have Taylor fall for the wife (Ruth_Hussey) of squad commander Walter_Pidgeon. And whereas Warners would have told this story compactly in 90 minutes, MGM lolls around for nearly two hours before Taylor's anticipated redemption and "make good" scene. MGM newcomer Red_Skelton shows up in Flight Command for comedy relief, which turns out to be neither. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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