An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.
Practical Effects
Real aircraft footage that probably cost more than the cast.
Costume
Pilots in leather jackets so crisp they squeak.
Director
Ray Enright
Pat O'Brien
Dave Logan
Beverly Roberts
Jean Logan
Ross Alexander
Tom Collins
Humphrey Bogart
Hap Stuart
Marie Wilson
Sunny Avery
Joseph Crehan
Jim Horn
Joe King
Mr. Pierson
Addison Richards
Mr. B.C. Hill
Henry B. Walthall
Dad Brunn
Carlyle Moore Jr.
Radio Operator on Clipper
Dennis Moore
Engineer on Clipper
Wayne Morris
Navigator on Clipper
Alexander Cross
Bill Andrews
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released the same year Pan Am actually launched its first China Clipper service—this was basically a feature-length commercial with better lighting.
Ross Alexander, who plays doomed sidekick Tom, died by suicide just two years later; his final scenes hit differently with that context.
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