Pilot No. 5 (1943)
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Pilot No. 5 is an oddly liberal-minded film to come from conservative old MGM. Franchot Tone plays an army pilot stationed in Java who volunteers for a suicide mission. He is chosen from five possible Allied candidates, hence the title. We learn via flashback just why Tone holds his life at so low a price; among his less pleasant reminiscences are his brief association with a demagogic Southern governor, blatantly based on Huey Long. Pilot No. 5 served to introduce Gene Kelly in a supporting role--as a nasty, pugnacious young jerk. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Franchot Tone, Marsha Hunt, (more)
- Director(s):
- George Sidney
Synopsis of Pilot No. 5
Pilot No. 5 is an oddly liberal-minded film to come from conservative old MGM. Franchot Tone plays an army pilot stationed in Java who volunteers for a suicide mission. He is chosen from five possible Allied candidates, hence the title. We learn via flashback just why Tone holds his life at so low a price; among his less pleasant reminiscences are his brief association with a demagogic Southern governor, blatantly based on Huey Long. Pilot No. 5 served to introduce Gene Kelly in a supporting role--as a nasty, pugnacious young jerk. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Pilot No. 5
- Franchot Tone - George Braynor Collins
- Gene Kelly - Vito S. Alesandro
- Alan Baxter - Winston Davis
- Steven Geray - Maj. Eichel
- Frank Puglia - Nikola
- Eddie Acuff - Cameraman
- Hobart Cavanaugh - Boat Owner
- Sara Haden - Landlady
- Marilyn Maxwell
- Marie Windsor
- Billy Wayne
- Carl Saxe - Dutch Boy
- Peter Lawford - Bit Part
- Jack Gardner - Mechanic
- John Dilson - Defense Instructor
- Edward Fielding - Dean Barrett
- Marsha Hunt - Freddie
- Van Johnson - Everett Arnold
- Dick Simmons - Henry Willoughby Claven
- Howard Freeman - Frank Durham
- William Tannen - American Soldier
- William Bishop
- Jim Davis
- Betty Jaynes
- Cliff Danielson - Military Police
- Jacqueline White - Party Girl
- Harry Semels - Barber
- Kay Medford - Secretary
- William Halligan - Bartender
- Ava Gardner - Bit Part
- Frank Ferguson - Tully
- Director(s):
- George Sidney
- Writer(s):
- David Hertz
- Producer(s):
- B.F. Fineman, B.P. Fineman
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