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Matinee Idols: Test Pilot

BBC One
on BBC One London

starring
Clark Gable Myrna Loy
Spencer Tracy
Clark Gable plays happy-go-lucky pilot Jim Lane who, while attempting a new transcontinental air-speed record, makes a forced landing in Kansas, and meets flippant farm girl Ann Barton. Their whirlwind romance is set amid the exciting and dangerous world of pre-war aviation.
Screenplay by VINCENT LAWRENCE and WALDEMAR YOUNG
Produced by LOUIS D. UGHTON Directed by VICTOR FLEMING
0 FILMS: page 16

Contributors

Unknown:
Clark Gable
Unknown:
Myrna Loy
Unknown:
Spencer Tracy
Unknown:
Clark Gable
Unknown:
Jim Lane
Unknown:
Ann Barton.
Unknown:
Vincent Lawrence
Unknown:
Waldemar Young
Produced By:
Louis D. Ughton
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
Jim:
Clark Gable
Ann:
Myrna Loy
Gunner:
Spencer Tracy
Drake:
Lionel Barrymore
Gen Ross:
Samuel S Hinds
Landlady:
Marjorie Main
Joe:
Ted Pearson
Mrs Benson:
Gloria Holden
Benson:
Louis Jean Heydt
Mrs Barton:
Claudia Coleman
Mr Barton:
Arthur Aylesworth
Source: Radio Times

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