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Only Angels Have Wings


Date: 1939
Type: Action / Romance
Rating: 4 Stars 4/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Howard Hawks
Producer: Howard Hawks

Comment/Synopsis

Cary Grant operates some planes flying mail over jungle passes in South America. The problems start when Jean Arthur arrives on a boat and then his ex-girl friend (Rita Hayworth) arrives to complicate things further. This is a good film with plenty of atmosphere and good acting highlighting the strained relationships. This was Rita Hayworth's first major film. Lucas and Speilberg have said this was a precursor to the Indiana Jones films with its action figure and sequences.

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Columbia Pictures
Only Angels Have Wings