Dive Bomber

directed by Michael Curtiz
Category: "War"
Year of Release:1941
Date Added:08/16/2026
Date Watched:08/16/2026
Description:Just before WWII, Naval surgeons Lt. Doug Lee (Errol Flynn) and Lt. Com. Lance Rogers (Ralph Bellamy) and pilot Lt. Com. Joe Blake (Fred MacMurray) work together to develop a pressure suit to keep pilots from blacking out during dives. Before the final test, Blake is grounded for medical reasons, but takes the plane up anyway, proves the suit works, but dies in the process.
My Rating:5

Reviews for Dive Bomber

Review - Dive Bomber

Probably enjoyable for anyone who likes minutes on end of nothing but planes in the sky. The characters were one-dimensional. Besides the boring plane shots, there were boring guys getting physicals shots and men working in laboratory shots. Alexis Smith played a woman with a crush on Lee, but her plot line just fizzled out. Another silly plot line involved a soldier hiding from his wife every payday while his buddy talked to his wife in double-talk. This had absolutely nothing to do with the movie.
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