After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott and his pals spend the next two decades promoting the superiority of naval air power. But military and political "red tape" continually frustrate their efforts, prompting Scott to even consider leaving the Navy for a more lucrative civilian job. Then the world enters a second World War and Scott finally gets the opportunity to prove to Washington the valuable role aircraft carriers could play in winning the conflict. But what will it cost him and his comrades personally?

Gary Cooper
as Jonathan L. Scott

Jane Wyatt
as Mary Morgan

Wayne Morris
as McKinney

Walter Brennan
as Pete Richard

Julie London
as Barbara McKinney

Jack Holt
as Captain Reeves

Stanley Ridges
as Sen. Bentley

John Ridgely
as Dixie Rankin

Richard Rober
as Lt. Jack Southern

Art Baker
as Sen. Vincent
CinemaSerf
Told by way of a retrospective on the career of "Adm. Scott" (Gary Cooper) this is quite an interesting story of the evolution of the aircraft carrier and the training and development of naval piloting skills dating back to the 1920s - when the ships looked little more stable than upturned irons, an...