Flight from Glory
Flight from Glory ★★½ 1937
A group of pilots fly supplies over the Andes from their isolated base camp to even more isolated mines. Morris is their leader who watches as, one by one, the men are killed on their dangerous flights. To make a bad situation worse, Heflin arrives as a new recruit—along with his pretty wife. 66m/B VHS, DVD . Chester Morris, Onslow Stevens, Whitney Bourne, Van Heflin; D: Lew Landers.
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