Title from container. Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth, Richard Barthelmess. Originally released as a motion picture in 1939. Special features: Audio excerpts from a 1972 conversation between filmmakers; new interview with film critic David Thomson; Howard Hawks and his aviation movies; Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1939; trailer; essay by critic Michael Sragow.
Summary:
A traveling entertainer gets more than she bargained for during a stopover in a South American port town. There she meets a handsome yet aloof daredevil pilot, who runs an airmail company, staring down death while servicing towns in treacherous mountain terrain. Both attracted to and repelled by his romantic sense of danger, she decides to stay on, despite his protestations.
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