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Captains of the Clouds

Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF but are deemed too old to be fliers.

Director

Michael Curtiz

Year

Genre

action, drama, war

Box Office

N/A

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 nominations total

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Brian MacLean

Johnny Dutton

Emily Foster

Brenda Marshall

Francis Patrick 'Tiny' Murphy

Blimp Lebec

Scrounger Harris

Reginald Gardiner

Air Marshal W. A. Bishop

Commanding Officer

Louis 'Alabama' Prentiss

Group Captain

Sam 'Store-Teeth' Morrison

Foster

Dr. Neville

J. Farrell MacDonald

Fyffe

Patrick O'Moore

Carmichael

Chief Flying Instructor

Owen Cathcart-Jones

President of Court-Martial

Frederick Worlock

Officer

Blonde

Playboy

Popcorn Kearns

Kingsley

Hardie Albright

Mason

Supintendent Nolan

Provost Marshal

Louis Jean Heydt

Student Pilot

Student Pilot

Willie

Blake

Flying Instructor

P.G. Abercrombie

Playboy

Canadian

L.A.C. Grove - Texan

Gilbert

Wing Commander

Wing Commander Brian

Duty Officer

Sergeant Pilot

Undetermined Secondary Role

Instructor

French Canadian

Charles De Ravenne

Flight Lieutenant

Instructor

Bartender

Sergeant-Major

Flying Officer

Flying Officer Evans

Flight Lt. Holt

Gerald Fielding

Drill Sergeant

Colby

Squadron Leader

Squadron Leader Greene

Aircraftsman

Nightclub Waiter

Undetermined Secondary Role

Red Cross Collector

Winifred Harris

Cranbrook

Man Entering Hotel

Hunter - RCAF Applicant

J. Anthony Hughes

Undetermined Secondary Role

Commanding Officer

Chief Ground Instructor

Aircraftsman Lawrence

Indian at Foster's

Mr. Burton - RCAF Applicant

Winston S. Churchill

Officer

Man Buying Dog Team

Edward McNamara

Officer at Court-Martial Board

Aircraftsman Hodges

Flying Instructor

Orderly

Mechanic

George Offerman Jr.

News Vendor

German Pilot

Piano Player

Chateau Laurier Bellboy

Sergeant-Major

Sergeant-Major Spratt

Indian

Chateau Laurier Desk Clerk

Flyer in Nightclub

Mechanic

Flight Lt. Wood

Indian at Foster's

William Wilkerson

Duty Officer

Liaison Officer

Flying Officer Willis

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Emily Foster Brian Maclean Francis Patrick 'tiny' Murphy Scrounger Harris Blimp Lebec Willie Air Marshal W. A. Bishop L.a.c. Grove - Texan Supintendent Nolan Commanding Officer Popcorn Kearns

Running Water? - Captains of the Clouds

Sam, look,
Johnny's got a new plane. - Captains of the Clouds

Sam, look, Johnny's got a new plane.

Hello, Johnny. - Captains of the Clouds

I thought you were
somebody else. - Captains of the Clouds

I thought you were somebody else.

Your engine sounds noisier
than Johnny's. - Captains of the Clouds

Your engine sounds noisier than Johnny's.

Alright, MacLean,
you are finished now. - Captains of the Clouds

Alright, MacLean, you are finished now.

- Here we go, dad.
- Huh! - Captains of the Clouds

- Here we go, dad. - Huh!

Okay, Johnny. I get him. - Captains of the Clouds

Okay, Johnny. I get him.

Don't try to fly through the woods Fly over them - Captains of the Clouds

Don't try to fly through the woods Fly over them

Don't try to fly through
the woods. Fly over 'em. - Captains of the Clouds

Don't try to fly through the woods. Fly over 'em.

- Hey, what brought you back?
- A whim. - Captains of the Clouds

- Hey, what brought you back? - A whim.

Hey What brought you back - Captains of the Clouds

Hey What brought you back

Hey, Johnny, if you catch up
with that chiseler - Captains of the Clouds

Hey, Johnny, if you catch up with that chiseler

Brace yourself. Here we go. - Captains of the Clouds

Brace yourself. Here we go.

No! - Captains of the Clouds

[indistinct] - Captains of the Clouds

He take it out now. - Captains of the Clouds

He take it out now.

[dramatic music] - Captains of the Clouds

[dramatic music]

You want to talk? - Captains of the Clouds

You want to talk?

I brought the money for the season's work - Captains of the Clouds

I brought the money for the season's work

[groans] - Captains of the Clouds

[music continues] - Captains of the Clouds

[music continues]

Johnny's coming down here
Sunday to marry you. - Captains of the Clouds

Johnny's coming down here Sunday to marry you.

[dramatic music] - Captains of the Clouds

[dramatic music]

Hello, dad. - Captains of the Clouds

You have Brian MacLean
registered here? - Captains of the Clouds

You have Brian MacLean registered here?

Room service, please. - Captains of the Clouds

Room service, please.

- Brian.
- Change your clothes. - Captains of the Clouds

- Brian. - Change your clothes.

[instrumental music] - Captains of the Clouds

[instrumental music]

Where's the party? - Captains of the Clouds

Where's the party?

Have you contributed, young man? - Captains of the Clouds

Have you contributed, young man?

You know MacLean I've met him but I don't like him - Captains of the Clouds

You know MacLean I've met him but I don't like him

I don't know how you feel,
gentlemen - Captains of the Clouds

I don't know how you feel, gentlemen

[plane engines revving] - Captains of the Clouds

[plane engines revving]

Go tell those men they're on
the wrong part of the field. - Captains of the Clouds

Go tell those men they're on the wrong part of the fiel...

What? No band?
Didn't you boys expect us? - Captains of the Clouds

What? No band? Didn't you boys expect us?

No gentlemen modern air fighting is a young man's game - Captains of the Clouds

No gentlemen modern air fighting is a young man's game

Alright. Out of that truck.
Right up, men. Step lively. - Captains of the Clouds

Alright. Out of that truck. Right up, men. Step lively.

Make a 360-degree
slow turn to the right. - Captains of the Clouds

Make a 360-degree slow turn to the right.

- What leg a trip had ye?
- What? - Captains of the Clouds

- What leg a trip had ye? - What?

- How was that, sir?
- Oh, that was alright. - Captains of the Clouds

- How was that, sir? - Oh, that was alright.

- Well, nice shooting, son.
- Do you really think so, sir? - Captains of the Clouds

- Well, nice shooting, son. - Do you really think so, sir?

Been paying respects
to the new boss? - Captains of the Clouds

Been paying respects to the new boss?

- Ready, Alabama?
- Yes, sir. - Captains of the Clouds

- Ready, Alabama? - Yes, sir.

Hadn't we better
pull out a little sooner, sir? - Captains of the Clouds

Hadn't we better pull out a little sooner, sir?

[instrumental music] - Captains of the Clouds

[instrumental music]

[music continues] - Captains of the Clouds

[music continues]

- Where are you from, Walnut?
- Yukon Territory, sir. - Captains of the Clouds

- Where are you from, Walnut? - Yukon Territory, sir.

Knight Brown. - Captains of the Clouds

Where are you from Grew Texas sir - Captains of the Clouds

Where are you from Grew Texas sir

Get the registration markings
on those airplanes. - Captains of the Clouds

Get the registration markings on those airplanes.

Tiny, pull out, that's enough! - Captains of the Clouds

Tiny, pull out, that's enough!

[instrumental music] - Captains of the Clouds

[instrumental music]

I don't know.
I'm depressed somehow. - Captains of the Clouds

I don't know. I'm depressed somehow.

Johnny, where's Brian? - Captains of the Clouds

Johnny, where's Brian?

Number 53 to tower.
Ready to take off. - Captains of the Clouds

Number 53 to tower. Ready to take off.

[engine revving] - Captains of the Clouds

[engine revving]

Here we are. - Captains of the Clouds

What's the matter?
Spot something? - Captains of the Clouds

What's the matter? Spot something?

- It's a Messerschmitt, a 109.
- Hudson 53 to A Flight. - Captains of the Clouds

- It's a Messerschmitt, a 109. - Hudson 53 to A Flight.

Scrounger. Scrounger. - Captains of the Clouds

Scrounger. Scrounger.

Plane 21, hold your position. - Captains of the Clouds

Plane 21, hold your position.

We're not going to hold still
for that, are we, Scrounger? - Captains of the Clouds

We're not going to hold still for that, are we, Scroung...

Brian, rejoin the formation. - Captains of the Clouds

Brian, rejoin the formation.

Bearing 020 degrees. - Captains of the Clouds

Bearing 020 degrees.

(Winston Churchill)
We shall go on to the end. - Captains of the Clouds

(Winston Churchill) We shall go on to the end.

Captains of the Clouds poster

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Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF but are deemed too old to be fliers.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Michael Curtiz

Writer: Arthur T. Horman, Roland Gillett, Richard Macaulay

Production: Warner Bros. Pictures

Genre: action, drama, war

Year: 1942

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 21 Feb 1942

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 nominations total

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