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

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 10 min.
Directed By: George Sidney II
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics

In Theaters: Jun 24, 1943 Wide

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Cast

            Franchot Tone as George Braynor Collins

            Marsha Hunt as Freddie

            Gene Kelly as Vito S. Alesandro

            Van Johnson as Everett Arnold

            Alan Baxter as Winston Davis

            Dick Simmons as Henry Willoughby Claven

            Steven Geray as Maj. Eichel

            Howard Freeman as Frank Durham

            Frank Puglia as Nikola

            William Tannen as American Soldier

            Eddie Acuff as Cameraman

            William Bishop
            
            Hobart Cavanaugh as Boat Owner

            Jim Davis
            
            John Dilson as Defense Instructor

            Frank Ferguson as Tully

            Edward Fielding as Dean Barrett

            Ava Gardner as Bit Part

            Jack Gardner as Mechanic

            Sara Haden as Landlady

            William Halligan as Bartender

            Betty Jaynes
            
            Peter Lawford as Bit Part

            Marilyn Maxwell
            
            Kay Medford as Secretary

            Carl Saxe as Dutch Boy

            Harry Semels as Barber

            Billy Wayne
            
            Jacqueline White as Party Girl

            Marie Windsor
            
            Cliff Danielson as Military Police
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