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A Yank in the R.A.F. is a 1941 American war drama film directed by Henry King and starring Tyrone Power, Betty Grable and John Sutton. Released three months before the attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into World War II, it is considered [by whom?] a typical early-World War II production.
An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.
A Yank in the R.A.F. is a 1941 American war drama film directed by Henry King and starring Tyrone Power, Betty Grable and John Sutton. Released three months before the attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into World War II, it is considered a typical early-World War II production.
Sep 6, 2018 · As a comedy, A Yank in the R.A.F. is at its weakest, struggling halfheartedly, as if unsure of total commitment, perhaps wanting more to be a romance, which it shifts into almost simultaneously, all possible clichés intact. It’s the time-worn story of two men in love with the same girl, loving and competing between combat heroics.
For this film, Britain's Air Ministry sent the Twentieth Century-Fox movie studio thousands of feet of film footage of the Royal Air Force (R.A.F.) flying airplanes including action scenes of the R.A.F. in battle against German aircraft.
Instead, Mr. Zanuck and his cohorts have given out with a simple and natural tale about a cocky young American flier who ferries a bomber to England for the cash, meets an old girl friend who is ...
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Directed by Henry King. ROLLICKING ROMANCE! GLORIOUS ADVENTURE! An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty’s Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
