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Flat Top
From Monogram Pictures
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A rock hard commander trains Navy Carrier Pilots during the Second World War
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Cast & crew
Directed by Lesley Selander
Sterling HaydenCommander Dan Collier
Richard CarlsonLt. (j.g.) Joe Rodgers
William PhippsRed Kelley
John BromfieldEns. Snakehips McKay
Keith LarsenEns. Barney Smith / Barney Oldfield
William SchallertEns. Longfellow
Phyllis CoatesDorothy Collier
Dave WillockWillie
Walter CoyAir Group Commander
Todd KarnsJudge
William TannenCommander (uncredited)
James BestRadio OperatorSimilar titles
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CinemaSerfJul 7, 2025
The army and the air force had their go at this plot, so I suppose it was bound to be the navy’s turn. Richard Carlson in the man expected to take over the squadron of fliers when their boss gets incapacitated, but instead of the mild-mannered “Joe”, they get the hard as nails “Collier” (Sterling Hayden). He immediately sets the cat amongst the pigeons by grounding one of their popular but reckless number and by proceeding to rule the team with a rod of iron. Naturally, this… Read more
earns him the enmity of his command but with their carrier about to head into danger against the heavily armed Japanese Imperial Fleet, we all know that discipline is going to be key (and that there is precisely no jeopardy at all with the rest of the plot!). Carlsen tries a little here, but Hayden is about as wooden as the deck of the USS Princeton upon which much of this was filmed. In the end, it’s really all about some impressive aerial photography of training sessions and dogfights that is fairly clearly sourced from archive. It’s feel-good wartime fayre but its mediocrity isn’t much to write home about.