Clipped Wings

"They're Plane Crazy!"

1953 1h 2m EN

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 1

Comedy

Synopsis

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Slip and correspondence school pilot Sach, go to an air base to help a pal out...but find themselves in when they mistakenly sign enlistment forms. Can the Air Force turn these dodos into eagles? The guys may be airborne airheads, But just watch them find a way to ground a spy network that's infiltrated the base.

“They're Plane Crazy!”

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Cast

Leo Gorcey
Slip Mahoney
Huntz Hall
Horace Debussey "Sach" Jones
Bernard Gorcey
Louie Dumbrowsky
June Vincent
Doreen Thompson
Mary Treen
Mildred
Lyle Talbot
Captain Blair
David Gorcey
Chuck
Benny Bartlett
Butch

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Edward Bernds
Writers: Charles R. Marion, Charles R. Marion, Elwood Ullman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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Fun facts 🍿

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RUNTIME

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Tight 62-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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73 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Bowery Boys Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Bruce B. Pierce shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall and Bernard Gorcey carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "They're Plane Crazy!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0045633 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Edward Bernds directs. Bruce B. Pierce cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 62-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
273 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "The Bowery Boys Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Editor Bruce B. Pierce shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall and Bernard Gorcey carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "They're Plane Crazy!".
7IMDB entry: tt0045633 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Bruce B. Pierce
Makeup / hair: Norman Pringle
Runtime: 62 min · 1h 2m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Clipped Wings (1953)

Part of

The Bowery Boys Collection

From Dead Ends to the East Side and finally landing in Louie's Sweet Shop in the heart of the Bowery (3rd and Canal, natch!), there was no stopping these Boys! When understudy Leo Gorcey joined the ensemble of teen thespians on stage for the Broadway hit "Dead End", Hollywood soon followed with William Wyler taking the troupe in toto for 1937's film version. Personifying the grit and heart of the kid gangs sprouting up in city slums, these little wise guys quickly stole the nation's heart. Ably anchored by the central pair of Huntz Hall and Leo Gorcey, the kids moved from "preachment" and crime pictures to straight up comedy as The Bowery Boys - and the rest is history as the boys capered through scores of pictures for over two decades!