Dive Bomber

1941
Approved
2 Std. 12 Min.

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6,5/10

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Errol Flynn, Fred MacMurray, and Alexis Smith in Dive Bomber (1941)

Trailer for this stunning spectacle in the skies

trailer wiedergeben3:17

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA military surgeon teams with a ranking Navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.A military surgeon teams with a ranking Navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.A military surgeon teams with a ranking Navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,5/10

2136

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

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Dive Bomber

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Errol Flynn was criticized for playing heroes in WWII movies. Tony Thomas in his book 'Errol Flynn: The Spy Who Never Was' states that Flynn had tried to enlist in every branch of any armed services he could but was rejected as unfit for service on the grounds of his health. Flynn had a heart condition, tuberculosis, malaria and a back problem. Flynn felt he could contribute to America's war effort by appearing in such films as this one, Aufstand in Trollness (1943), Blutiger Schnee (1943), Der Held von Burma (1945), and Auf Ehrenwort (1944). Reportedly, Flynn was at his most professional and cooperative he ever was while working on WWII-themed movies. The studios apparently did not diffuse the criticism of Flynn's state of health as they wished to keep it quiet for fear of his box-office draw waning. Flynn's real-life medical condition adds more bite to the line MacMurray's character says to him after the death of a squadron mate: "Are you an example of sound medical basis?".

Patzer
It has already been noted by another contributor that the RAF fighter flown by Tim Griffin (Regis Toomey) is a disguised Ryan training plane. The fact that an open-cockpit, fixed gear, obsolete monoplane would represent a modern British fighter nearly two years into World War II, is an insult to movie-goers' intelligence. It would have been better to paint up a Brewster F2A Buffalo (which was in the movie, but not featured) as an RAF fighter, which would have been more accurate since the US had already given/sold many Buffalos to the British by that time under President Roosevelt's Lend-Lease program.

Zitate
Lieutenant Doug Lee: As far as I'm concerned, a woman is like an elephant. I like to look at them, but I don't want to own one.

Crazy Credits
The following appears in the opening credits: "The picture itself we dedicate to the pioneer flight surgeons of our armed forces, in recognition of their heroic efforts to solve the immensely difficult problems of aviation medicine. To the 'Flight Surgeons,' then, whose job it is to keep our fighting pilots in the air."

Verbindungen
Featured in Dive Bomber: Keep 'Em in the Air (2005)

Soundtracks
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(uncredited)
Music by Bob Haggart
Lyrics by Johnny Burke
[Performed by the nightclub singer on Lee and Blake's double date]

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7/10

Gorgeous Technicolor and impressive stars

Fred MacMurray is a Navy flight instructor. Errol Flynn is a Navy doctor who signs up for flight doctor training. Ralph Bellamy is Flynn's gruff superior. These personalities clash but eventually earn each other's respect and join forces. Their big problem: How to prevent blackouts and high altitude sickness in fighter plane pilots.

Outstanding photography and stirring music back up the excellent star performances in this high class Warner Bros. production. The opening sequence contains amazing footage of the fleet in Hawaiian territory (less than a year before Pearl Harbor); the skies are filled with impressive planes and maneuvers throughout the picture, right through to a beautiful closing shot.

Flynn is totally charismatic in a role that's less flamboyant than his usual swashbuckler but no less heroic. Bellamy's lead doctor approaches his job with gravity and complete dedication. MacMurray is brash, demanding, loyal to both his work and his men.

The solid supporting cast includes Regis Toomey in a good role as MacMurray's pilot buddy. Not essential to the plot but adding pizzazz are Alexis Smith as a sort of off-and-on love interest and Allen Jenkins as a corpsman who spends the picture hiding from his wife. Cliff Nazarro also contributes comic relief with his double-talk bit.

Plot and dialog are solid...but this picture's main appeal is that everything in it just looks so good.