Pilot #5 (1943)
"Be There When It Happens!"

Title: Pilot #5
Original Title: Pilot #5
Release Date: 1943-06-24
Status: Released
Rating: 5.8/10 (from 8 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama, Romance, War
Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
A small group of Allied soldiers and airmen on Java are being bombed by Japanese 'planes daily. With only one working fighter of their own, and five pilots anxious to fly it, the Dutch commander chooses George Collins to fly a mission to drop a 500-lb bomb on the Japanese carrier lying offshore. As the flight progresses, the commander asks the other pilots to tell him about George. They recount his rise from brilliant law student, through the time he became involved in the corrupt machine of his state's Governor, and his attempts to redeem himself, both in his own eyes, and in Fredie, his long-time love.
Cast

Franchot Tone
George Braynor Collins

Marsha Hunt
Freddie Andrews

Gene Kelly
Vito S. Alessandro

Van Johnson
Everett Arnold

Alan Baxter
Winston Davis

Dick Simmons
Henry Willoughby Claven

Peter Lawford
British Soldier

Steven Geray
Major Eichel

Howard Freeman
Hank Durban

Frank Puglia
Nikola