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Ceiling Zero

Play trailer Poster for Ceiling Zero 1935,  1h 35m,  Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 100% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 67% 100+ Ratings Popcornmeter
100% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 67% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
Former World War I aviator Jake Lee (Pat O'Brien) runs the Newark branch of an air freight company, with his fellow ace Tex Clarke (Stuart Erwin) as his best pilot. When their hot-dogging friend Dizzy Davis (James Cagney) comes looking for a job, Jake hires him despite warnings about Dizzy's brash and potentially dangerous ways. When Dizzy's attraction to tomboyish teenage greenhorn pilot "Tommy" Thomas (June Travis) jeopardizes another pilot's safety, it's up to him to try to save the day.

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Otis Ferguson The New Republic May 23, 2024
In a sense this film is the kind of thing the movies do best; in another sense it is the sort of thing they seldom do at all. It has dash, vigor, the fascination of strange, deep and meaningful devices; but it carries a sting. Go to Full Review
Dave Kehr Chicago Reader Jan 1, 2000
The overlapping, speeding dialogue is perfectly launched, as Hawks cuts to the core of the play with his own meditations on personality and responsibility. Go to Full Review
Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy) Esquire Magazine Apr 20, 2020
Cagney, as the last of the conceited roughnecks, turns in one of his real characterizations. Within the Cagney-Pat O'Brien pals-and-a-gal formula, the producers have managed to achieve a fresh and spirited film. Go to Full Review
Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine Sep 25, 2019
The action is superb, the characterization, especially in the case of James Cagney and Pat O'Brien, is sharp and believable. Go to Full Review
Nathanael Hood The Retro Set Dec 28, 2018
6/10
Cagney and Travis have a bubbly, magnetic attraction. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Oct 14, 2014
B
An entertaining adventure story of an irresponsible but great civil airline pilot. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Howard Hawks

Director

James Cagney

Dizzy Davis

Pat O'Brien

Jake L. Lee

June Travis

Tommy Thomas

Stu Erwin

Texas Clarke

Barton MacLane

Al Stone

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Ceiling Zero

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Movie Info

Synopsis Former World War I aviator Jake Lee (Pat O'Brien) runs the Newark branch of an air freight company, with his fellow ace Tex Clarke (Stuart Erwin) as his best pilot. When their hot-dogging friend Dizzy Davis (James Cagney) comes looking for a job, Jake hires him despite warnings about Dizzy's brash and potentially dangerous ways. When Dizzy's attraction to tomboyish teenage greenhorn pilot "Tommy" Thomas (June Travis) jeopardizes another pilot's safety, it's up to him to try to save the day.
Director
Howard Hawks
Producer
Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner
Screenwriter
Frank Wead
Production Co
Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 35m
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