Plot

Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for an (unnamed) enemy. Made in 1939, by the time it was released in the U.S.A. in 1940, Europe was at war.

Set just before the outbreak of the Second World War, this is the story of a British test pilot who is caught up in a scheme to steal plans of a top-secret aircraft, working for an unnamed enemy. Made in 1939 and released in March 1939 (UK), by the time it was in general release, war had been declared. After a lawsuit initiated by Ernest Hemingway over copyright infringement was settled, the film, in an abridged form, was premiered in 1940 in the US.—Bill Zuk