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Only Angels Have Wings (1939)  link to Only Angels Have Wings on IMDb  

Number: 1028

poster Only Angels Have Wings

IMDb Rating:
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7.7/10 (9869 votes)

Country: USA, 121 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, Spanish

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Romance

Director(s): Howard Hawks

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
When the ship San Luis makes a stop at the port of Barranca, to deliver mailbags and load bananas, cabaret singer Bonnie Lee leaves the boat for some hours to look around. She meets a gang of American flyers, who works for a warm-hearted Dutchman. He is the owner of a scrubby hotel, but also of the shaky Barranca Airways, lead by the tough flyer Geoff Carter. The only way to fly out of Barranca is through a deep pass at 14.000 feet above the ground. As the weather is often stormy and foggy, the flights are extremely difficult, and several flyers have already lost their lives. Bonnie falls in love with Geoff, who reminds her of her father, a trapeze artist who worked without safety net. She decides to leave the boat and stay at the hotel. But Geoff is scared of being detained by a woman. He wants to continue his risky lifestyle uninterrupted. The situation is aggravated when a new flyer, Bat MacPherson, turns up with his wife Judy. He once caused the death of a young flyer, by leaving ...

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Cast:

photo Cary Grant Cary Grant Geoff Carter
photo Jean Arthur Jean Arthur Bonnie Lee
photo Richard Barthelmess Richard Barthelmess Bat MacPherson
photo Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth Judy MacPherson
photo Thomas Mitchell Thomas Mitchell Kid Dabb

Medium: Digital Copy,

Location: F:\Films\Only Angels Have Wings\Only Angels Have Wings.mkv

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3