---
title: 'Hell Divers (1931)'
type: 'film'
director: 'George W. Hill'
released: '1931-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hell-divers-1931'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022987/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hell Divers (1931)

1931 · 109 min · Drama, Adventure · United States


## Synopsis

Hell Divers is a 1932 American pre-Code black-and-white film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Wallace Beery and Clark Gable as a pair of competing chief petty officers in early naval aviation. The film, made with the cooperation of the United States Navy, features considerable footage of flight operations aboard the Navy's second aircraft carrier, the USS Saratoga, including dramatic shots of takeoffs and landings filmed from the Curtiss F8C-4 Helldiver dive bombers after which the movie was named.

## Credits

- **Director:** [George W. Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-w-hill)
- **Producer:** [George W. Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-w-hill)
- **Screenplay:** [Frank Wead](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-wead), [Harvey Gates](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-gates), [Malcolm Stuart Boylan](https://cinepixo.com/people/malcolm-stuart-boylan)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harold Lipstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-lipstein), [Harold Wenstrom](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-wenstrom)
- **Editor:** [Blanche Sewell](https://cinepixo.com/people/blanche-sewell)

## Cast

- [Clark Gable](https://cinepixo.com/people/clark-gable)
- [John Miljan](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-miljan)
- [Reed Howes](https://cinepixo.com/people/reed-howes)
- [Cliff Edwards](https://cinepixo.com/people/cliff-edwards)
- [Marie Prevost](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-prevost)
- [Charles Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-sullivan)
- [Conrad Nagel](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-nagel)
- [Niles Welch](https://cinepixo.com/people/niles-welch)
- [Marjorie Rambeau](https://cinepixo.com/people/marjorie-rambeau)
- [Virginia Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-bruce)
- [John George](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-george)
- [Alan Roscoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-roscoe)
- [Frank Conroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-conroy)
- [Jack Pennick](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-pennick)
- [Dorothy Jordan](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-jordan)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/hell-divers-1931
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