Men Against the Sky (1940)
A draftswoman, the sister of an aging, alcoholic pilot, secretly uses her brother's ideas to solve design problems for an experimental military plane in an attempt to save the company and salvage her brother's reputation.
Top billed cast
Richard DixPhil Mercedes
Kent TaylorMartin Ames
Edmund LoweDan McLean
Wendy BarrieKay Mercedes
Granville BatesMr. Burdett
Grant WithersMr. Grant
Donald BriggsDick Allerton
Charles QuigleyFlynn
Selmer JacksonCapt. Sanders
Lee BonnellCapt. Wallen
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