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Plot
Brian MacLean (James Cagney), Johnny Dutton (Dennis Morgan), "Tiny" Murphy (Alan Hale, Sr.), "Blimp" Lebec (George Tobias), and British expatriate "Scrounger" Harris (Reginald Gardiner) are bush pilots competing for business in rugged Northern Ontario, Canada in 1939, as the Second World War is beginning. Dutton, whose ambition is to start his own airline, flies by the book but MacLean is a seat-of-the-pants kind of pilot, mirroring the differences in their personalities.

Dutton saves MacLean's life after he is struck in the head by a still-moving propeller by transporting a doctor under dangerous flying conditions. MacLean is grateful and joins Dutton in a temporary partnership to help Dutton earn the seed fund for his airline. When Dutton rejects MacLean's warning about the gold digging character of Dutton's badly-behaved girlfriend Emily Foster (Brenda Marshall), MacLean marries her in order to save Dutton from a life of misery. Dutton, however, does not understand that MacLean's actions are an act of kindness, and so he abruptly ends their friendship. Depressed, Dutton impulsively gives his savings to charity and enlists in the Royal Canadian Air Force.


Among the bush planes that were featured in the production was the Noorduyn Norseman seen touching down Wreckage on display at the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, Sault Ste Marie Ontario Canada, and the Fairchild 71C above it, now displayed in the Alberta Aviation Museum.[4]
Later, after hearing Winston Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech on the radio, MacLean and the other bush pilots attempt to enlist in the air force, only to discover that they are too old for combat. They reluctantly agree to train as flight instructors for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Their superior officer is none other than Dutton. MacLean's brash and fiercely independent nature clashes with the military way of doing things, and he inevitably washes out. For revenge, he and "Tiny" buzz the airfield in their bush planes when renowned Canadian First World War ace Air Marshal William "Billy" Bishop (playing himself) is speaking during the group's graduation ceremony. During the buzzing,"Tiny" suffers a blackout (loss of vision due to g-forces), crashes the plane and dies.

When two transport aircraft crash, killing all 44 ferry pilots aboard, there is a desperate call for pilots to ferry a group of unarmed Lockheed Hudson bombers from Gander, Newfoundland to Britain. MacLean pretends to be Murphy and volunteers. Dutton recognizes him but nonetheless permits him to fly after the two reconcile. Near the coast of the British Isles, the bombers are attacked ruthlessly by a single German fighter plane, a Messerschmitt Bf 109. "Blimp" Lebec's plane is shot down and it becomes clear that the Messerschmitt intends to pick off the bombers one by one. After MacLean's navigator "Scrounger" is killed, MacLean uses his flying skills to crash his unwieldy bomber into the nimble fighter, sacrificing himself to save the remainder of the group.
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captains_of_the_Clouds

Cast
James Cagney as Brian MacLean ジェームズ・キャグニー
Dennis Morgan as Johnny Dutton デニス・モーガン
Brenda Marshall as Emily Foster ブレンダ・マーシャル
Alan Hale "Tiny" Murphy アラン・ヘイル
George Tobias "Blimp" Lebec ジョージ・トビアス
Reginald Gardiner as "Scrounger" Harris レジナルド・ガーディナー
Air Marshal W.A. Bishop as Himself ビリー・ビショップ

Academy Awards
Nominated
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography

今日の映画は1942年製作の「空軍の暴れん坊」。主演はジェームズ・キャグニー、監督は「カサブランカ」のマイケル・カーティスです。私が買ったDVDには邦題は「大西洋の翼」となっていますが、WikipediaやYahoo映画などでは「空軍の暴れん坊」となっています。日本では公開されていない映画なのでそのあたりは調べても理由はわかりませんでした。なお音楽はタラのテーマで有名なマックス・スタイナーが担当しています。

今作品はキャグニー初のカラー作品となりました。キャグニーは1930年代から1950年代にかけて活躍した俳優ということもあり、カラー映画の出演は10本もないぐらいだと思います。カラー映画の技術自体は1930年代にはありましたが、費用がかかるということもあり1940年代はまだ圧倒的にモノクロ映画が多かった時代です。

この映画のストーリーとしては第二次大戦中にブッシュパイロットたちがカナダ空軍に入隊してドイツ軍との戦闘に赴くという話です。私が買ったDVD　(下の広告にあるDVD)には航空戦争映画とありましたが、ちょっと違うと思います。戦争を描いているのは事実ですが、爆弾が飛び交って殺し合いをするという感じではありません。特に前半は軍隊に入隊するまでのドラマが中心です。後半こそ戦争へ行くという感じになってきますが。

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