| Keep 'Em Flying | |
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| Directed by | Arthur Lubin |
| Written by | True Boardman Nat Perrin John Grant |
| Produced by | Glenn Tryon |
| Starring | Bud Abbott Lou Costello Martha Raye Carol Bruce |
| Cinematography | Joseph Valentine |
| Edited by | Philip Cahn |
| Music by | Charles Previn |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 86 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $450,000[1] |
Keep 'Em Flying is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Arthur Lubin starring the team of Abbott and Costello alongside Martha Raye and Carol Bruce.[2] The film was their third service comedy based on the peacetime draft of 1940. The comedy team had appeared in two previous service comedies in 1941, before the United States entered the war: Buck Privates, released in January, and In the Navy, released in May.[3] Flying Cadets, along with Keep 'Em Flying were both produced by Universal Pictures in 1941.[4]
The film's title is taken from the official motto of the U.S. Army Air Corps, some five months after it had been reformed into the USAAF. Keep 'Em Flying reflected the "spirit of the times" and encouraged many young men to volunteer for flight training."[5]