Flight Angels (1940)

A hot shot and reckless commercial pilot (Dennis Morgan) is grounded when his vision is impaired. This couldn't come at a worse time as he and his engineer pal (Wayne Morris) are preparing to test a newly designed aircraft that will go faster and higher than any known airplane. Directed by Lewis Seiler (GUADALCANAL DIARY), this look at aviators and flight attendants (or stewardesses at they are called here) is very much of its time. Its portrayal of the female flight attendants is very demeaning. They're portrayed as man hungry stewardesses (dimwitted or bitchy) who are after pilots and passengers looking for a husband. Morgan's character is thoughtless and self pitying and when he steals a plane whose flight could cost lives, we're supposed to admire his bravado rather than be justifiably repelled. A "B" programmer that remains solidly in its intended category. With Jane Wyman and Virginia Bruce as the more prominent of the flight attendants. Also in the cast: Ralph Bellamy, Jan Clayton, Mary Anderson, Margot Stevenson and John Litel.