
Only Angels Have Wings(1939)
A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a major contract.


“TOGETHER - they followed the Adventure Trail in a Blazing Romance of the Airways! It's An Air-Thriller!”
A commercial pilot romances both a Hollywood actress and a female aviator. 1937.

Bruce Cabot
Neil Bradshaw

Beatrice Roberts
Joan Lawson

Astrid Allwyn
Diane Audre

Edwin Maxwell
Dave Miller

John Sheehan
Spud Johnson

Grady Sutton
Donald

Harry Tyler
Harry Stone
Peter Potter
Tex
Elliot Fisher
Tommy Lawson

Bill Elliott
Bill Parker
Love Takes Flight is a adventure, drama, romance film released in 1937 exploring themes of airplane, pilot, flight. Directed by Conrad Nagel, it stars Bruce Cabot, Beatrice Roberts, Astrid Allwyn. A commercial pilot romances both a Hollywood actress and a female aviator. 1937.
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