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Sky Giant is a american film of genre Drama directed by Lew Landers released in USA on 22 july 1938 with Richard Dix
Sky Giant (1938)
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Add to a movie listSky Giant (aka Ground Crew and Northern Flight) is a 1938 drama film directed by Lew Landers. The film stars Richard Dix, Chester Morris and Joan Fontaine. The plot revolves around a love triangle with two pilots in love with the same woman.
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Upon reaching retirement age, Colonel Cornelius Stockton (Harry Carey) is forced to leave the US military, accepting a job running the Trans-World Air Lines School of Aeronautics in Glendale, California. "Stag" Cahill (Richard Dix), an old friend from the war, is the pilot on the commercial airliner taking him to Glendale. The colonel asks him to join the school staff, but Stag would rather fly. When the colonel arranges for Stag, a reservist, to be recalled to active duty, he orders him to take the assignment as his assistant. Stag reluctantly complies.Actors
Richard Dix
(Capt. W.R. 'Stag' Cahill)
Harry Carey
(Col. Cornelius Stockton)
Chester Morris
(Kenneth 'Ken' Stockton)
Joan Fontaine
(Meg Lawrence)
Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961)
('Fergie' Ferguson)
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