Main Cast: Jack Holt, Lila Lee, Ralph Graves, Alan Roscoe, Harold Goodwin
Release Year: 1929
Country: US
Run Time: 119 minutes
Plot
This early Frank Capra talkie stars popular screen action team Jack Holt and Ralph Graves as US marines stationed in Nicaragua. The "two guys fighting over one gal" throughline is there because the audience expected it -- and besides, leading lady Lila Lee is awfully cute. But the meat of the story lies in the fact that Holt and Graves are pilots, required to fly their Curtis fighter-bomber on dangerous missions. The flight scenes, shot without the benefit of special effects or back projection, are truly awe-inspiring, and served as stock footage for countless Columbia films in future years. Released in both silent and sound versions, Flight was a major success for the tiny Columbia studios. Its effectiveness is all the more remarkable when one realizes that star Jack Holt had a lifelong fear of flying! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Jimmy de la Cruze - Sandino; Jerry Jerome; Bill Williams
Credit
C.C. Coleman - First Assistant Director, Frank Capra - Director, Gene Milford - Editor, Ben Pivar - Editor, Maurice E. Wright - Editor, Elmer Dyer - Cinematographer, Joseph Walker - Cinematographer, Joe Novak - Cinematographer, Harry Cohn - Producer, Frank Capra - Screenwriter, Ralph Graves - Screenwriter, Howard J. Green - Screenwriter
