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The Lady Takes a Flyer is a 1958 American CinemaScope Eastmancolor comedy-drama romance film released by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Jack Arnold and written by Danny Arnold based on a story by Edmund H. North. [2] The story is based on the real life experiences of couple Jack and Mary Ford, known among aviators as “The Flying Fords.”
Aug 27, 2024 · The film starts with a warning, telling audiences that what they are about to watch is based on a true story, following the events of those terrorized by a serial killer in the American Northwest.
The Lady Takes a Flyer: Directed by Jack Arnold. With Lana Turner, Jeff Chandler, Richard Denning, Andra Martin. Husband and wife pilots Mike Dandridge and Maggie Colby try to balance their time and priorities between work and family life.
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- Comedy, Drama, Mystery
- Jack Arnold
- 1958-01-30
Sep 10, 2023 · Every so often, it cuts back to Rodney, repeating his pattern with a runaway in San Gabriel in 1979 and a flight attendant in New York in 1971, both of whom are based on real victims of Alcala's.
- Esther Zuckerman
15 hours ago · Woman of the Hour is based on a true story – while the movie doesn’t stick to the facts 100%, the main storyline is terrifyingly accurate. Just like in the movie, Cheryl Bradshaw appeared on TV show The Dating Game in 1978, which ran on and off from 1973 to 2021. She quizzed three bachelors who were shielded with a screen so she couldn’t ...
According to the Citadel Film Series book on the Films of Lana Turner, the film is based on a real life couple Mary and Jack Ford, married flyers who founded an air charter service post World War II. But the book also says that the film does not reflect their real lives and a picture in it shows they look nothing like our stars.
The film tells the story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a 15-year-old in 1958, has a sexual relationship with an older woman, Hanna Schmitz. She disappears only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a guard at a Nazi concentration camp .
