The Lady Takes A Flyer (1958)

A pilot (Jeff Chandler) meets up with a flyer pal (Richard Denning) from WWII. When introduced to his friend's fiancee (Lana Turner), who's also a pilot, he falls in love. But after they're married and have a baby, she wants him to settle down and take a desk job which he refuses to do and that spells trouble. Directed by Jack Arnold (CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON), this romantic drama with some comedic overtones is more heavy handed than it needs to be. While both Turner and Chandler have a strong screen presence which works to the film's benefit, they weren't stars for nothing, ultimately neither have the light touch that the roles require to make it work. But the material is weak under the best of circumstances so in the end I suppose it doesn't matter. Arnold does manage to generate some suspense during the film's finale as Turner has to land a plane blind in heavy fog. With Chuck Connors, Andra Martin and Reta Shaw.