Men Against the Sky

Men Against the Sky

1940 · 75 min · ★ 4.6 · Drama

A draftswoman, the sister of an aging, alcoholic pilot, secretly uses her brother's ideas to solve design problems for an experimental military plane in an attempt to save the company and salvage her brother's reputation.

Directed by Leslie Goodwins · Written by John Twist

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