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Director
  
Jack Arnold

Music director
  
Herman Stein

Duration
  

Language
  
English

5.3/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Screenplay
  
Danny Arnold

Country
  
United States

The Lady Takes a Flyer movie poster
Release date
  
January 30, 1958 (1958-01-30)

Writer
  
Danny Arnold, Edmund H. North (story)

Cast
  
Lana Turner
(Maggie Colby),
Jeff Chandler
(Mike Dandridge),
Richard Denning
(Al Reynolds),
Andra Martin
 (Nikki Taylor),
Chuck Connors
(Phil Donahoe),
Reta Shaw
(Nurse Kennedy)

Similar movies
  
Broken Arrow
,
Wings
,
Triumph in the Skies
,
Bombers B-52
,
Pilot #5
,
The Lost Squadron

A former Air Force colonel (Jeff Chandler) starts a flying service with his pilot wife (Lana Turner), who gets pregnant.

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The Lady Takes a Flyer is a 1958 romantic drama film made by Universal-International. It was directed by Jack Arnold, and written by Danny Arnold, based on story by Edmund H. North.

Change of pace comedy casts Lana Turner and Jeff Chandler as competing pilots who fall in love.

Plot

Daredevil pilot Mike Dandridge goes into a business partnership with flight-school pal Al Reynolds and meets Maggie Colby, whos also a pilot.

The two flyers take cargo to Japan, where they become romantically involved. Al is best man at their wedding, then joins the Air Force.

Mike hires new pilot Nikki Taylor and might be having an affair with her during business trips while Maggie stays home with their new baby. Maggie decides to fly a shipment herself and let Mike care of their daughter for a change. He and co-pilot Phil take a risk by bringing the baby along on a flight to London. Their plane has difficulty landing in a fog, angering Maggie, whose own plane barely got there safely. But at least Mike and Maggie are brought closer by the experience.

Similar Movies

Lana Turner appears in The Lady Takes a Flyer and Imitation of Life. Lana Turner appears in The Lady Takes a Flyer and Homecoming. Jack Arnold directed The Lady Takes a Flyer and The Tattered Dress. Flight Command (1940). Bombers B-52 (1957).

Cast

  • Lana Turner as Maggie Colby
  • Jeff Chandler as Mike Dandridge
  • Richard Denning as Al Reynolds
  • Andra Martin as Nikki Taylor
  • Chuck Connors as Phil Donahoe
  • Reta Shaw as Nurse Kennedy
  • Alan Hale Jr. as Frank Henshaw

    • References

    The Lady Takes a Flyer Wikipedia
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