Test Pilot Page #5

Synopsis: Jim Lane is a test pilot, whose professional life is dangerous, and whose personal life compensates for that danger by fast living and recklessness. As such, he lives from paycheck to paycheck, and is often in debt, but knows his lucrative job will eventually get him out of those debts. On a coast to coast record attempt speed flight, Jim's plane, the Drake Bullet (named after the company's owner), hits some mechanical problems and Jim is forced to make an emergency landing on a farmer's field in Kansas. The farm belongs to the Barton family, whose straight talking daughter, Ann Barton, falls for Jim, and visa versa. They impulsively decide to get married and live in New York. Jim's sidekick and mechanic, "Gunner" Morris, doesn't know if Jim and marriage go hand in hand, both because of the type of person he is and his profession. Ann too soon learns that she plays second fiddle to Jim's work, she referring to the sky as Jim's mistress. Ann also truly comes to understand the dangers of
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Victor Fleming
Production: MGM
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
PASSED
Year:
1938
119 min
142 Views


Buy her anything?

Tomorrow, everything. She

Doesn't need anything tonight.

What's the matter

With you?

She needs a nightgown,

Don't she?

Oh.

She's a lady,

You mug.

Yeah. Yeah, I guess she

Does at that, doesn't she?

Well,

Be just as well.

Yeah, yeah,

You're right.

Anything else

You can think of?

Oh, darling, it's

Going to be lovely here.

Wait until I've changed it all around.

What are you

So serious about?

Say, you've got to buy

Something before we have dinner.

Oh, what?

A nightgown.

Ha ha ha!

Why, darling.

What's the matter?

I'm so surprised.

Oh. Ha ha!

Will you buy it

For me?

Me?

Please.

Ha ha ha!

Where do you

Find them?

Just ask for

The lingerie department.

That's all

I'm going to tell you.

The lawnja what?

The lingerie department.

Why don't you ask him?

Uh, where's the, uh-

The lawnjer,

Uh, department?

The what, sir?

The lawnjer-

Nightgowns!

Oh, for yourself,

Sir?

No.

The ladies' department

On the third floor, sir.

Third floor.

Well, it ain't

My fault.

Here we are, darling.

Now, it's my present,

So I'm going to make

Believe I'm not with you.

Go right ahead.

Go on.

That's right.

Hey, come on.

Go on, go on. Come on,

Let's get out of here.

Go on, will you?

All right now.

Hey.

How do you do?

Uh, a nightgown

For a lady.

Yes, sir. What color

Does she fancy, sir?

Color?

Hey, what color you think

She likes?

You can't go wrong

With pink.

No? Let's see

The pinks.

Yes, sir.

She'll think you're

Buying flowers.

Here's the very latest

Thing from paris, sir.

This is very pretty

And very reasonable.

How tall is

The young lady?

About his size.

36, I'd say. You just feel

The texture of that, sir.

It feels all right.

Feel it.

It feels good.

Yeah, I should say

That's about the right size.

Hey, hey, hey.

Yeah, wrap it up.

Are you being

Waited on, lady?

Brilliantly.

What's the damage?

$60, please,

Sir.

Well, the "please"

Goes with it, anyway.

Say, this is a good business,

Isn't it?

We do very well

Here, sir.

Yes, I see

What you mean.

Well, there it is.

Got a good start.

It was your idea.

I hope you're satisfied.

Yeah. I'd like to know

What I get out of it!

Thanks. Rural england, the netherlands,

France, italy,

Sweden-

Sweden!

Yeah, sweden's fine, and

Bulgaria and those burgs.

Sweden first. You better

Look up the hotels, gunner.

Don't you think we better

Look up a plane

To win the race

Before I hire the rooms?

I'm flying for Drake. He'll

Be looking all over town

For me by tomorrow,

And you know it.

Yeah, and you can't

Lose the race.

I might as well switch the

10,000 to swedish dough.

Ann, those babies are

All broke over there.

Do you realize how much swedish

Dough you can get for 10 grand?

Darling, I happen to know. They'll

Elect you king of something.

They won't let us out of town.

We'll hire a castle on the nile.

The nile?

The nile?

Whatever their river is.

They've all got a river.

And so they have, precious.

Darling, I've got to kiss you.

The only thing

That bothers me-

Why do we go to cleveland at

All and waste all that time?

You don't think

I can lose, do you?

The gunner doesn't,

Either.

I don't know.

He lost when he met you.

Gunner,

Look what he won.

Watch us, baby, and we'll show

You a little swedish massage.

Hey.

What?

Drake.

Where?

Guy with the hair.

Oh.

How's it going?

Hello, Jim.

Every day will be

Thursday, by and by.

He's going to pay

For that.

What, dear?

Didn't ask me

To come back, did he?

Trying to wait me out. All

Right, I've got another idea.

All right, I got

Nothing more to say.

Yes, I have. I've got one

Thing to say to you, ann.

Yes?

Don't let him fly grant's

Ship. It's dangerous.

Is it, honey?

She's got your number. Don't

Pay any attention to him.

I've had to listen

To this for years.

"don't do this." "don't do

That." "don't do anything."

Well, I'm going to

Fly grant's ship,

And Drake will rue the day

For being so fresh.

How do you like that one-

"rue the day"?

I'm picking up words. She

Went to school. Here we are.

Oh, can you spare

A dollar, sweets?

Oh, yeah,

Sure, sure.

Here, take it all-

All of $3.00.

Oh, no, just a dollar. I

Want to buy a toothbrush.

White teeth-

Don't you want them?

$2.20.

$2.20? Ahem.

He's got it.

Oh, wait a minute! Jim,

Don't forget my package!

What package?

My nightgown!

Oh! Hey!

Hey! Hey! Hey!

We left a package!

Ha ha ha!

Well, see you

Later.

Hey, where are you

Going?

I'll go over and pick up our clothes

Before somebody

Pinches them.

I'll get everything together

And see you in the morning.

Gunner, where do you wish

I were right now-

Back in kansas

Sitting on a fence?

Why do you

Say that?

How long has it been

Since you've said good night

To him outside?

Believe me, it's a relief. Somebody else

Can put him to bed for a change.

Gunner, help me

Make you like me.

Sure, I do.

Don't wish I were

Back on the fence.

You were so dear

To me.

Gee, was it really

Just this morning?

Don't expect any day

To be any different.

Just gather thy happiness

While thy mayest.

Must have gone to school

Myself at one time or another.

You big dumb-

Oh, go to bed.

Good afternoon,

Ladies and gentlemen.

Welcome

To the cleveland airport

For the final day

Of the national air races.

This is the windup of the greatest series

Of events ever seen at any air race,

And this afternoon the eyes not only

Of those of us here at the field,

But of the whole world will be

Focused on the grand prix of aviation,

The testing ground

Of both men and planes,

The world's most grueling

Competitive speed race,

The thompson

Trophy race.

There's the army bombardment

Group taking off

For an exhibition of practice

Maneuvers and of dive-bombing.

The squadron, upon reaching

Their rendezvous...

Ok, Jim, everything is great.

Isn't it, gunner?

Ok, you just go up there, boy.

You cannot lose!

Can he, gunner?

Just go up there, boy.

You cannot lose.

You got the finest-

Up in the grandstand,

Up in the grandstand.

Yeah, yeah. If you're not here

When I come back, I'll understand.

Ok, ok.

Yeah, ok, ok.

Ha ha! Well,

Does she go?

She goes,

But don't ask me where.

Well, this is a funny

Situation, isn't it, Jim?

You miss me?

Yeah. Is it mutual?

Well, it doesn't

Seem natural.

I'll give you

That much.

Benson's all right.

Oh, sure,

Benson's all right.

He's a little bit

Worried.

Oh?

Yeah. He says the new ship is so fast

He's afraid the judges won't

Be able to count the laps.

Ha ha! He spent

The dough already.

He's taking his family to italy.

How's thursday

Feeling?

Who?

Your pretty wife.

Oh, yeah! Ha ha!

Hey, where is

Thursday?

She's in the grandstand.

Where's friday? In the bar.

No, Jim, no.

Yeah. We just got

Time for one.

Scotch and a coke.

A coke and a coke.

Hiya, hiya,

Hiya, pal.

Well, hiya, pal. How

Are you? Glad to see you.

Gunner, do you know

The mighty Benson?

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