Test Pilot Is a 1938 film directed by Victor Fleming. Featuring Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, and Lionel Barrymore, it tells the story of a daredevil test pilot, his wife and his best friend.
Test Pilot was written by Howard Hawks, Vincent Lawrence, John Lee Mahin, Frank Wead and Waldemar Young, and directed by Victor Fleming. Based on a story written by Frank Wead (a writer later portrayed by John Wayne in John Ford's The Wings of Eagles).
The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Test Pilot is a thrilling, comprehensive view of one of the most demanding jobs in all of aviation. Meet and fly with the very best aviators in the world's top aircraft - men like Scott Crossfield, Kurt Schroeder, Guy Mitaud-Mauraud, Steve Ishmael and Heinz Frick. They're all accepted the calculated risks in answering the ultimate question.. "Will it fly?" Written by James Drury
Reportedly Myrna Loy's personal favorite movie of all her films.
