This is a very unusual film for Errol Flynn, as he plays a doctor and pilot trying to create better pressure suits for the Army Air Corps. This is far from the usual romantic or action adventure role, but it suits him well. Also unusual is seeing Flynn paired up with Fred MacMurray, but they work out well together.
Despite much of the film being spent in labs and pressure chambers, there are plenty of aerial scenes to please airplane buffs (like me) and keep the movie from being too technical or too claustrophobic. While the overall film doesn't offer a huge number or surprises, it was amazingly good and a much more serious film than the Cagney film CAPTAINS OF THE CLOUDS--which was released a short time afterwords--also by Warner Brothers.
Despite much of the film being spent in labs and pressure chambers, there are plenty of aerial scenes to please airplane buffs (like me) and keep the movie from being too technical or too claustrophobic. While the overall film doesn't offer a huge number or surprises, it was amazingly good and a much more serious film than the Cagney film CAPTAINS OF THE CLOUDS--which was released a short time afterwords--also by Warner Brothers.