Monday, December 28, 2020

The World Owes Me a Living (1945)

An interesting premise for a film though the execution unfortunately lets it down. During the Second World War senior officer Paul Collyer (David Farrar) suffers amnesia following a plane crash. Vital plans are kept in his head and his memory needs to be restored as a matter of urgency. His friends, including Moira (Judy Campbell), try and help him remember by going back to the interwar years when Paul was a barnstorming pilot.

Most of the film is told in flashback and details the lives of Paul, Moira and other aviators as they try and make a living giving joyrides. Paul eventually works on a transport glider for the Army. Unfortunately this flashback can often be rather aimless and dull. 

The film isn't without interest and includes plenty of good aerial footage. Not a bad film, it just could have been a lot better.