Test Pilot
“They're yours... in a heart-walloping love story!”
Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.
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Cast
23 people
Clark Gable
Jim Lane
Known for
Gone with the Wind
It Happened One Night
Myrna Loy
Ann "Thursday" Barton
Known for
The Thin Man
The Best Years of Our Lives
Spencer Tracy
Gunner Morse
Known for
Judgment at Nuremberg
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Lionel Barrymore
Howard B. Drake
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
You Can't Take It with You
Gloria Holden
Mrs. May Benson
Known for
Dracula's Daughter
The Life of Emile Zola
Samuel S. Hinds
General Ross
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
You Can't Take It with You
Marjorie Main
Landlady
Known for
Heaven Can Wait
Meet Me in St. Louis
Ted Pearson
Joe
Also in
Dick Tracy's G-Men
You're Only Young Once
Louis Jean Heydt
Greg Benson
Known for
The Big Sleep
The Great McGinty
Virginia Grey
Sarah
Known for
All That Heaven Allows
The Naked Kiss
Priscilla Lawson
Mable
Also in
Flash Gordon
Double Wedding
Claudia Coleman
Mrs. Barton
Also in
I Cover the Waterfront
Penrod and His Twin Brother
Victor Fleming Director · Waldemar Young Screenplay Vincent Lawrence Screenplay
Worldwide gross $3.9M · Budget $1.7M · United States release April 16, 1938
Box office
Budget
$1,701,000
Worldwide gross
$3,903,000
Gross vs. budget
2.3×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 16, 1938
Limited theatrical
United States
April 22, 1938 · Theatrical
Germany
August 18, 1939 · Theatrical · OmU
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