Test Pilot (film)

Test Pilot
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVictor Fleming
Written byFrank Wead
Screenplay byWaldemar Young
Vincent Lawrence
Howard Hawks
John Lee Mahin
Produced byLouis D. Lighton
StarringClark Gable
Myrna Loy
Spencer Tracy
CinematographyRay June
Edited byTom Held
Music byFranz Waxman
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.
Release dates
  • April 15, 1938 (1938-04-15)
(New York and Los Angeles)[1]
  • April 22, 1938 (1938-04-22) (US)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.7 million[2]
Box office$3.9 million[2]
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Test Pilot is a 1938 American drama film directed by Victor Fleming, starring Clark Gable, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy, and featuring Lionel Barrymore. The Oscar-nominated film tells the story of a daredevil test pilot (Gable), his wife (Loy), and his best friend (Tracy).

Test Pilot was written by Howard Hawks, Vincent Lawrence, John Lee Mahin, Frank Wead, and Waldemar Young. The screenplay was largely based on an original story by former naval aviator Wead.

  1. ^ Hanson 1993, p. 2144.
  2. ^ a b "The Eddie Mannix Ledger". Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study, Los Angeles.