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Genres:
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Drama /
Adventure /
Romance /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Howard Hawks
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Actors:
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Sig Ruman,
Jean Arthur,
Victor Kilian,
John Carroll,
Richard Barthelmess,
Cary Grant,
Rita Hayworth,
Thomas Mitchell,
Allyn Joslyn,
Don 'Red' Barry
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Duration:
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121 min.
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Rating:
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(7.6/10)55.5
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Plot Summary:
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In the hypothetical port of Barranca in South America, the American showgirl Bonnie Lee befriends two American pilots while waiting for the departure of her ship. They disintegrate to a close up and she meets their boss, Geoff Carter, who runs a small airline public limited company. The companionship delivers mail and other shipment through the dangerous chain of mountains. Bonnie feels attracted to the cynical Geoff, and decides to impede. When the up to date hired leader, Bat MacPherson, arrives with his missus, Judy, to substitute for an critically aviator, their pasts affect Geoff and the... other pilots.
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Only Angels Have Wings
Despite the act that Only Angels Have Wings is there a group of pilots based in the fabulous South American city of Barranca, the rout of the action takes place in a taproom, not in the sky. And it's all the better payment it. While the action scenes are reasonable also in behalf of the rhythm, the tension comes from the interaction between the people waiting on the ground, rather than the heroics in the associated with. Specifically, it's the conflict between the all-male team of pilots and the women that invade their tight-knit circle that drives the pellicle. As soon as Bonnie Lee (Arthur) walks down the gangplank from her fare ship, she spells trouble for the men who haven't seen a wisecrackin' American broad for the duration of weeks. Geoff Carter (Grant)...
Only Angels Have Wings
One of the greatest films from the most memorable year in cinema background, overlooked at the time as a easily understood action risk but now recognised as a superb study of grace directed demand. This Howard Hawks large screen thither a civil airline fetching mail and freight on the treacherous Andes contains all of producer/conductor Hawks's pitch themes and some of his finest sequences, and boasts a splendid cast headed by hard-bitten Cary Grant and chirpy Jean Arthur. They are superbly backed by means of Rita Hayworth as a vamp and Richard Barthelmess as a disgraced flier. The action is contained in the main in two for twopence sets — a rundown bar and the adjacent air-device department — and the strain generated is all the more palpable being so cons...
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