Ceiling Zero

"Crackling with drama that will win your cheers...if you can cheer when your heart's in your throat!"

Jan 16 1936 Approved 1h 35m
Adventure, Drama, Romance

War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline. Dizzy is fooling with one of the younger pilot's girl-friend and due to this he changes flights with Texas.

Plot

War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline in Newark. Dizzy is flirting with the girlfriend of a younger pilot and, due to this, he feigns illness to get Texas to take his flight assignment to Cleveland. Returning from Cleveland to Newark, Texas' plane crashes attempting to land on the airfield under extremely bad weather circumstances and he dies from this accident. Dizzy feels guilty for his friend's death and takes the next flight to Cleveland under even worse circumstances, testing a new anti-ice device on the plane.

Written by

Frank Wead, Morrie Ryskind

Directed by

Howard Hawks

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Cosmopolitan Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

1 win

Scores
# of Votes
811
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA