Tête brûlée (1932)
Alors qu'il est en vol, Joe Barnes, un des meilleurs pilotes du service postal, est pris dans un très épais brouillard. Incapable de regagner la base, il se laisse guider par la radio et les indications de ses collègues. Malheureusement, la manœuvre échoue et l'avion s'écrase. Brûlé vif dans le cockpit, Joe meurt dans d'effroyables souffrances. Ruth, sa sœur, est effondrée : cela ne suffit en effet pas qu'elle ait perdu un frère ; elle doit aussi s'inquiéter pour Mike, son fiancé, qui travaille lui aussi pour l'aéropostale. Or c'est contre l'avis de ce dernier, et de toute l'équipe, qu'un pilote arrogant, Duke Talbot, est recruté pour remplacer Joe…
Directeur:
John Ford
écrivain:
Frank Wead
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Ralph Bellamy as Mike Miller |
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Gloria Stuart as Ruth Barnes |
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Pat O'Brien as Duke Talbot |
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Slim Summerville as 'Slim' McCune |
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Lilian Bond as Irene Wilkins |
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Russell Hopton as 'Dizzy' Wilkins |
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David Landau as 'Pop' |
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Leslie Fenton as Tony Dressel |
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Frank Albertson as Tommy Bogan |
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Hans Fuerberg as 'Heinie' Kramer |
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Thomas Carrigan as 'Sleepy' Collins |
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William Daly as 'Tex' Lane |
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Ward Bond as Joe Barnes (uncredited) |
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Wade Boteler as Medical Examiner (uncredited) |
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Francis Ford as Passenger Who'll Die on a Train (uncredited) |
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Jim Thorpe as Indian (uncredited) |
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Harry Tenbrook as Airport Worker Yelling 'Crash Wagon' (uncredited) |
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Harry Strang as Bus Driver with Lantern (uncredited) |
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Frank Beal as Passenger to Kansas City (uncredited) |
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Edmund Burns as Radio Announcer (uncredited) |
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Alene Carroll as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Enrico Caruso Jr. as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Pat Davis as Passenger Plane Pilot (uncredited) |
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Charles De La Motte as Passenger Plane Pilot (uncredited) |
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James Donlan as Passenger Passing Out Cigars (uncredited) |
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James Flavin as Man with Radio Report (uncredited) |
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George Irving as John Montgomery (uncredited) |
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Lew Kelly as Drunken Passenger (uncredited) |
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Louise Mackintosh as Passenger Writing Postcard (uncredited) |
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Kendall McComas as Kid (uncredited) |
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Beth Milton as Flight Attendant (uncredited) |
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Jack Pennick as Airport Postal Worker (uncredited) |
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Katherine Perry as Passenger (uncredited) |
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Billy Thorpe as Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Directing | John Ford | Director |
| Editing | Harry W. Lieb | Editor |
| Production | Carl Laemmle Jr. | Producer |
| Camera | Karl Freund | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Frank Wead | Screenplay |
| Writing | Frank Wead | Story |
| Writing | Dale Van Every | Story |
