Friday, May 31, 2019

Flying Blind (1941)

Flying Blind involves a plane crash and rather aptly is a bit of a wreck. What kind of film is this? A goofy romantic comedy? A spy film? Adventure? It tries to be all three and doesn't really work.

Jim Clark (Richard Arlen) is an airline pilot who quits with his flight attendant Shirley (Jean Parker) to start his own specialist airline transporting couples eloping to Las Vegas (well it's an interesting niche). Jim is also in a love-hate romance with Shirley which fills a lot of the film's time.

Meanwhile enemy agents have stolen secret military equipment and hijack Jim's airliner to make a get-away. The plane crashes in the forest but the adventure and peril continues...

The first half of the film drags but once we get to the actual spying and hijacking plot things pick up a bit... but not much. The aeroplane footage is enjoyable but there isn't much else to commend.