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Test Pilot

Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.

Director

Victor Fleming

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Awards

Nominated for 3 Oscars. 4 nominations total

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Jim Lane

Ann Thurston Barton

Gunner Morse

Howard B. Drake

Lionel Barrymore

General Ross

Samuel S. Hinds

Landlady

Joe

Mrs. May Benson

Greg Benson

Louis Jean Heydt

Sarah

Mabel

Priscilla Lawson

Mrs. Frank Barton

Claudia Coleman

Mr. Frank Barton

Arthur Aylesworth

Field Mechanic

Ernie Alexander

Pilot in Cafe

Announcer

Saleslady

Lulu Mae Bohrman

Benson Child

Attendant

Mr. Brown

Dudley Clements

Advertising Man

Drake Mechanic

Kid

Photographer

Pilot

Pilot in Cafe

N.A.A. Official

Little Man

Saleslady

Estelle Etterre

Attendant

Pilot

Designer

Bartender

Grant

Kid

Air Race Spectator

Lingerie Saleslady

Movie Leading Lady

Floorwalker

Arthur Stuart Hull

N.A.A. Official

Mitchell Ingraham

Interne

Engine Expert

Drake Mechanic

Floorwalker

Richard Kipling

Kid

Knowlton Levenick

Mechanic

Mechanic

Funeral Home Associate

Claire McDowell

Pilot Singing in Cafe

Douglas McPhail

Field Mechanic

Buddy Messinger

Reporter

Pilot in Cafe

Waiter

William H. O'Brien

Bartender

Pilot

Pilot

Steve Pendleton

Meteorologist

N.A.A. Official

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Fat Man at Baseball Game

Henry Roquemore

Photographer

Movie Leading Man

Boss Leader

Pilot in Cafe

Hudson Shotwell

Kid

Martin Spellman

Benson Child

Marilyn Spinner

Field Mechanic

Charles Sullivan

Pilot in Cafe

Photographer

Minor Role

Pilot in Cafe

Sonny Benson

Fat Lady

Dorothy Vaughan

Pilot

Charles Waldron Jr.

Pilot in Cafe

Pilot in Cafe

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Ann Thurston Barton

Go on and break
the record! - Test Pilot

Go on and break the record!

Do I look like you? - Test Pilot

Do I look like you?

You're a funny looking gazebo - Test Pilot

You're a funny looking gazebo

Good-bye, father.
Good-bye, mother. - Test Pilot

Good-bye, father. Good-bye, mother.

There they are. - Test Pilot

There they are.

Look, Jim. Look at that.
Look at that! - Test Pilot

Look, Jim. Look at that. Look at that!

How do you like it? - Test Pilot

How do you like it?

Oh, that was
wonderful! - Test Pilot

Oh, that was wonderful!

She must have heard that talk
about a horse, and she's sore. - Test Pilot

She must have heard that talk about a horse, and she's ...

Well... - Test Pilot

Well, he got away,
all right. - Test Pilot

Well, he got away, all right.

Ann! - Test Pilot

Hey. - Test Pilot

At the conclusion
of the 16th lap, - Test Pilot

At the conclusion of the 16th lap,

Now he's pushing
benson hard! - Test Pilot

Now he's pushing benson hard!

Bless you, Gunner. - Test Pilot

Bless you, Gunner.

Here he comes—
the winner! - Test Pilot

Here he comes— the winner!

Why, it's a beauty! - Test Pilot

Why, it's a beauty!

Ladies and gentlemen,
please stay behind the fence - Test Pilot

Ladies and gentlemen, please stay behind the fence

I want to see
Mrs. Benson. - Test Pilot

I want to see Mrs. Benson.

Don't worry. I'll stay right with him. - Test Pilot

Don't worry. I'll stay right with him.

You want to come
with me? - Test Pilot

You want to come with me?

Thought you were
going to stay home. - Test Pilot

Thought you were going to stay home.

Here he comes! - Test Pilot

Wouldn't it be funny
if it rained? - Test Pilot

Wouldn't it be funny if it rained?

Still living...
Still living... Still living... - Test Pilot

Still living... Still living... Still living...

Gunner, I... - Test Pilot

For a nice fella, you've
certainly turned into a crab. - Test Pilot

For a nice fella, you've certainly turned into a crab.

Calling W.S.R.
from Lane. - Test Pilot

Calling W.S.R. from Lane.

There she is. - Test Pilot

W.S.R. From Lane. - Test Pilot

W.S.R. From Lane.

W.S.R., Lane. - Test Pilot

Yeah. We're at 26. - Test Pilot

Yeah. We're at 26.

29,350. - Test Pilot

We're about through, too.
She's washed. - Test Pilot

We're about through, too. She's washed.

50 more. - Test Pilot

Can you move any? Give me
an inch on that wheel! - Test Pilot

Can you move any? Give me an inch on that wheel!

Oh, my dear boy.
I'm sorry. - Test Pilot

Oh, my dear boy. I'm sorry.

Why wasn't it you? - Test Pilot

Why wasn't it you?

Test Pilot poster

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Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Victor Fleming

Writer: Vincent Lawrence, Waldemar Young, Frank Wead

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre: drama, romance

Year: 1938

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 22 Apr 1938

Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. 4 nominations total

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