Flight From Glory
Encyclopedia
Flight From Glory is a 1937
B movie
about a run-down air cargo company in South America in the early days of aviation.
) runs an air service transporting supplies from a tiny, remote outpost over the Andes Mountains to some mines, using worn-out planes and pilots no one else will employ. He hires George Wilson (Van Heflin
), and is surprised when he brings his new wife Lee (Whitney Bourne). Chief pilot Paul Smith (Chester Morris
) tries to get her to leave, but the Wilsons have no money. As time goes on, George proves to be a drunk. Paul protects him as best he can, as he has fallen in love with Lee. She eventually confesses that she loves him.
When George is too drunk to fly, Garth Hilton (Douglas Walton) takes his place and is killed in yet another crash. George then forces Ellis at gunpoint into an airplane and takes off. In the mountains, George jumps to his death, leaving Ellis to die like too many others he had hired. Paul and Lee leave together.
1937 in film
The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.- Events :*April 16 - Way Out West premieres in the US....
B movie
B movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
about a run-down air cargo company in South America in the early days of aviation.
Plot
Ellis (Onslow StevensOnslow Stevens
Onslow Stevens was an American stage, television and film actor.-Career:Born Onslow Ford Stevenson in Los Angeles, California, he was the son of character actor Housley Stevenson...
) runs an air service transporting supplies from a tiny, remote outpost over the Andes Mountains to some mines, using worn-out planes and pilots no one else will employ. He hires George Wilson (Van Heflin
Van Heflin
Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin, Jr. was an American film and theatre actor. He played mostly character parts over the course of his film career, but during the 1940s had a string of roles as a leading man...
), and is surprised when he brings his new wife Lee (Whitney Bourne). Chief pilot Paul Smith (Chester Morris
Chester Morris
Chester Morris was an American actor, who starred in the Boston Blackie detective series of the 1940s.-Career:...
) tries to get her to leave, but the Wilsons have no money. As time goes on, George proves to be a drunk. Paul protects him as best he can, as he has fallen in love with Lee. She eventually confesses that she loves him.
When George is too drunk to fly, Garth Hilton (Douglas Walton) takes his place and is killed in yet another crash. George then forces Ellis at gunpoint into an airplane and takes off. In the mountains, George jumps to his death, leaving Ellis to die like too many others he had hired. Paul and Lee leave together.
Cast
- Chester MorrisChester MorrisChester Morris was an American actor, who starred in the Boston Blackie detective series of the 1940s.-Career:...
as Paul Smith - Whitney Bourne as Lee Wilson
- Onslow StevensOnslow StevensOnslow Stevens was an American stage, television and film actor.-Career:Born Onslow Ford Stevenson in Los Angeles, California, he was the son of character actor Housley Stevenson...
as Ellis - Van HeflinVan HeflinEmmett Evan "Van" Heflin, Jr. was an American film and theatre actor. He played mostly character parts over the course of his film career, but during the 1940s had a string of roles as a leading man...
as George Wilson - Richard Lane as Hanson
- Paul GuilfoylePaul Guilfoyle (actor born in 1902)Paul Guilfoyle was an American stage, film, and television actor...
as Jones - Solly Ward as 'Mousey' Mousialovitch
- Douglas Walton as Garth Hilton
- Walter MillerWalter Miller (actor)Walter Miller was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 248 films between 1911 and 1940.He was born in Dayton, Ohio, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack, aged 48...
as 'Old Timer' - Rita La Roy as Molly, the cook