Pilot #5 (1943)
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Pilot No. 5 is an oddly liberal-minded film to come from conservative old MGM. Franchot Tone plays an army pilot stationed in Java who volunteers for a suicide mission. He is chosen from five possible Allied candidates, hence the title. We learn via flashback just why Tone holds his life at so low a… More Pilot No. 5 is an oddly liberal-minded film to come from conservative old MGM. Franchot Tone plays an army pilot stationed in Java who volunteers for a suicide mission. He is chosen from five possible Allied candidates, hence the title. We learn via flashback just why Tone holds his life at so low a price; among his less pleasant reminiscences are his brief association with a demagogic Southern governor, blatantly based on Huey Long. Pilot No. 5 served to introduce Gene Kelly in a supporting role--as a nasty, pugnacious young jerk. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Sidney II
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 24, 1943 Wide
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Cast
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Franchot Tone
as George Braynor Collins
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Marsha Hunt
as Freddie
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Gene Kelly
as Vito S. Alesandro
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Van Johnson
as Everett Arnold
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Alan Baxter
as Winston Davis
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Dick Simmons
as Henry Willoughby Claven
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Steven Geray
as Maj. Eichel
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Howard Freeman
as Frank Durham
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Frank Puglia
as Nikola
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William Tannen
as American Soldier
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Eddie Acuff
as Cameraman
- William Bishop
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Hobart Cavanaugh
as Boat Owner
- Jim Davis
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John Dilson
as Defense Instructor
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Frank Ferguson
as Tully
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Edward Fielding
as Dean Barrett
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Ava Gardner
as Bit Part
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Jack Gardner
as Mechanic
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Sara Haden
as Landlady
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William Halligan
as Bartender
- Betty Jaynes
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Peter Lawford
as Bit Part
- Marilyn Maxwell
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Kay Medford
as Secretary
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Carl Saxe
as Dutch Boy
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Harry Semels
as Barber
- Billy Wayne
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Jacqueline White
as Party Girl
- Marie Windsor
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Cliff Danielson
as Military Police
