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Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF.
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Directed by: Michael Curtiz, Leo F. Forbstein, Wilfrid M. Cline
Produced by: Hal B. Wallis, William Cagney
Composed by: Max Steiner
Cast

James Cagney
Brian MacLean (bush pilot)

Dennis Morgan
Johnny Dutton (bush pilot)

Brenda Marshall
Emily Foster

Alan Hale
Francis Patrick 'Tiny' Murphy (bush pilot)

George Tobias
Blimp Lebec (bush pilot)

Reginald Gardiner
Scrounger Harris (bush pilot)

W.A. Bishop
Himself

Reginald Denny
Commanding officer

Russell Arms
Louis 'Alabama' Prentiss

Paul Cavanagh
Group Captain
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