Chain Lightning (1950)
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Directors
Stuart Heisler
Cast
Humphrey Bogart, Eleanor Parker, Raymond Massey, Richard Whorf
The story
Lt. Colonel Matt Brennan, a B-17 bomber pilot in World War II, runs a civilian flying school in peacetime. He is reunited with his old Army Air Force buddy, Major Hinkle.
Genres
Action, action film, drama film
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