---
title: 'Flight Command (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Borzage'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 113
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/flight-command-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032477/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Flight Command (1940)

1940 · 113 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Flight Command is a 1940 American U.S. Navy film from MGM, produced by Frank Borzage 
and directed by J. Walter Ruben and Frank Borzage (uncredited), starring Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey, and Walter Pidgeon. It has the distinction of often being credited as the first Hollywood film glorifying the American military to be released after the outbreak of World War II in Europe, a year before the U.S. entered the conflict.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Borzage](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-borzage)
- **Screenplay:** [Wells Root](https://cinepixo.com/people/wells-root)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Franz Waxman](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-waxman)
- **Producer:** [J. Walter Ruben](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-walter-ruben)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harold Rosson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-rosson)
- **Editor:** [Robert J. Kern](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-j-kern)

## Cast

- [Paul Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-kelly)
- [Marsha Hunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/marsha-hunt)
- [William Tannen](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-tannen)
- [Don Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-douglas)
- [Robert Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-taylor)
- [Walter Pidgeon](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-pidgeon)
- [Reed Hadley](https://cinepixo.com/people/reed-hadley)
- [Addison Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/addison-richards)
- [Gayne Whitman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gayne-whitman)
- [Shepperd Strudwick](https://cinepixo.com/people/shepperd-strudwick)
- [Nat Pendleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/nat-pendleton)
- [Ruth Hussey](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-hussey)
- [Red Skelton](https://cinepixo.com/people/red-skelton)
- [Pat Flaherty](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-flaherty-2)
- [Dick Purcell](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-purcell)

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