Pilot #5

Overview

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

George Braynor Collins

Marsha Hunt

Freddie Andrews

Gene Kelly

Vito S. Alessandro

Van Johnson

Everett Arnold

Alan Baxter

Winston Davis

Dick Simmons

Henry Willoughby Claven

Peter Lawford

British Soldier

Steven Geray

Major Eichel

Howard Freeman

Hank Durban

Frank Puglia

Nikola

Frank Ferguson

Mr. Tully

Edward Fielding

Dean Barrett