---
title: 'Ceiling Zero (1936)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Howard Hawks'
released: '1936-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ceiling-zero-1936'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026191/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ceiling Zero (1936)

1936 · 90 min · Drama, Adventure · United States


## Synopsis

Ceiling Zero is a 1936 American adventure drama film directed by Howard Hawks and starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. The picture stars Cagney as daredevil womanizing pilot "Dizzy" Davis and O'Brien as Jake Lee, his war veteran buddy and the operations manager of an airline company. Based on a stage play of the same name, the film blends drama with some light comedy. The title, as defined at the beginning of the picture, is an insider term referring to those moments when the sky is so thick with fog that navigating an aircraft is nearly impossible.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Howard Hawks](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hawks)
- **Screenplay:** [Morrie Ryskind](https://cinepixo.com/people/morrie-ryskind), [Frank Wead](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-wead)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernhard Kaun](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-kaun)
- **Producer:** [Jack Warner](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-warner), [Hal B. Wallis](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-b-wallis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur Edeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-edeson)
- **Editor:** [William Holmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-holmes)

## Cast

- [June Travis](https://cinepixo.com/people/june-travis)
- [Isabel Jewell](https://cinepixo.com/people/isabel-jewell)
- [Henry Wadsworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-wadsworth)
- [Addison Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/addison-richards)
- [Barton MacLane](https://cinepixo.com/people/barton-maclane)
- [Pat O'Brien](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-o-brien)
- [Wild Bill Elliott](https://cinepixo.com/people/wild-bill-elliott)
- [James Cagney](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-cagney)
- [Garry Owen](https://cinepixo.com/people/garry-owen)
- [Harold Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-miller)
- [Stuart Erwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-erwin)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/ceiling-zero-1936
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