Flight for Freedom ( Stand to Die )

Flight for Freedom (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Stand to Die
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
Spanish ( Mono )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
101 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1943 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Lothar Mendes

Written By:
Horace McCoy
Jane Murfin

Actors:
Rosalind Russell ..... Tonie Carter
Fred MacMurray ..... Randy Britton
Herbert Marshall ..... Paul Turner
Eduardo Ciannelli ..... Johnny Salvini
Walter Kingsford ..... Admiral Graves
John S. Peters ..... Night Man

Synopsis:

Tonie Carter (Russell) is a well-known aviatrix who is fighting the entrenched aviation establishment of the 1930s which has a built-in prejudice against women pilots. After setting flight records, she embarks on a top-secret mission. Although she is in love with fellow aviator Randy Britton (MacMurray), he does not approve of the flight, nor does her flight instructor, Paul Turner (Marshall), as it involves flying over Japanese held territory in the Pacific. Carter vanishes during the latter part of the world flight, triggering a massive search which proves fruitless.

Fictionalized biography of Amelia Earhart (here called Tonie Carter). First, a flagwaving preface about air warfare in the Pacific; then flashing back to her first solo flight in 1932; whirlwind romance with sexist ace pilot Randy Britton; advanced training; a transcontinental race; world fame; first, aborted round-the-world flight; and her famous disappearance. This film popularized the theory that Earhart's disappearance was connected with secret work for the U.S. Navy.

A woman pilot makes one more reconnaissance flight for the Navy before marriage, but the plot to land on Japanese mandated islands miscarries and she is killed.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 25 February, 2012.

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