Pilot #5
A small group of Allied soldiers and airmen on Java are being bombed by Japanese 'planes daily. With only one working fighter of their own, and five pilots anxious to fly it, the Dutch commander chooses George Collins to fly a mission to drop a 500-lb bomb on the Japanese carrier lying offshore. As the flight progresses, the commander asks the other pilots to tell him about George. They recount his rise from brilliant law student, through the time he became involved in the corrupt machine of his state's Governor, and his attempts to redeem himself, both in his own eyes, and in Fredie, his long-time love.
Cast
Franchot Tone
as George Braynor Collins
Marsha Hunt
as Freddie Andrews
Gene Kelly
as Vito S. Alessandro
Van Johnson
as Everett Arnold
Alan Baxter
as Winston Davis
Dick Simmons
as Henry Willoughby Claven
Peter Lawford
as British Soldier
Steven Geray
as Major Eichel
Howard Freeman
as Hank Durban
Frank Puglia
as Nikola
