• Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Adventure Drama
• Director: Lew Landers
• Release Year: 1942
• Country: US
• Run Time: 79 minutes

Plot

Another timely entry from the Columbia assembly line, Canal Zone stars Chester Morris as flight instructor "Hardtack" Hamilton (his nickname sums up his personality with sublime perfection). Our hero's students will eventually help ferry bombing planes across the Atlantic-with the possible exception of stuck-up civilian pilot Harley Ames (John Hubbard), who shows no signs of acquiring discipline and responsibility. When the chips are down, however, Ames proves he's got the Right Stuff, rescuing Hardtack after a particularly nasty plane crash. The heroine is Harriet Hilliard, later beloved by millions as one-half of TV's "Ozzie and Harriet", while one of the pilots is portrayed by future Jolson Story star Larry Parks. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Stanley Andrews - Commander Merrill
Lloyd Bridges - Baldwin
Stanley Brown - Jones
Harriet Hilliard - Susan Merrill
John Hubbard - Harley Ames
Eddie Laughton - Hughes
George McKay - MacNamara
Chester Morris - "Hardtack" Hamilton
Larry Parks - Kincaid
John Shay - Henshaw
Forrest Tucker - Madigan
John Tyrrell - "Red" Connors

Credit

Colbert Clark - Producer; Robert Lee Johnson - Screenwriter; Lew Landers - Director; Franz Planer - Cinematographer; James Sweeney - Editor; Blaine Miller - Short Story Author; Jean DuPont Miller - Short Story Author