Dive Bomber with Errol Flynn: DVD Cover
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Dive Bomber Director: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn, Fred MacMurray, Ralph Bellamy, Herbert Anderson

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  • DVD Release Date: 03/27/2007
  • Original Release: 1941
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New featurette; Dvie Bomber: Keep 'Em in the Air; Theatrical trailer; Subtitles:; English, Français & Español (Feature film only)

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Disc #1 -- Dive Bomber
1. Credits and Dedication [2:03]
2. Three Top Hats [3:41]
3. Flight Formations [4:54]
4. Swede's Crash [4:27]
5. Sound Medical Basis [3:43]
6. Genius Needed [5:23]
7. New Trainee [5:01]
8. Becoming a Pilot [5:13]
9. Faulty Flying and Driving [4:07]
10. Forces Pulling on Pilots [4:57]
11. Almost Human [2:20]
12. New Orders [2:27]
13. Old Friends [3:34]
14. Blackouts and Contagions [6:13]
15. An Inspiration [:28]
16. Self-Test [3:05]
17. Crazy Dame [5:18]
18. Grounded [2:27]
19. Lucky Man [4:40]
20. Fallen Comrade [3:17]
21. Human Guinea Pigs [4:01]
22. Under Pressure [5:44]
23. Altitude and Other Problems [3:47]
24. Feeling Isolated [3:13]
25. A Girl Can't Compete [2:39]
26. Pressure Cabin Test [5:02]
27. Bad News for Joe [9:21]
28. One Last Fight [5:06]
29. Final Advice [4:47]
30. Gallant Gentleman [5:10]
31. Manning Their Planes [3:37]
32. Cast List [1:45]

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Lieutenant Commander Joe Blake (Fred MacMurray), Lt. Tim Griffin (Regis Toomey), and Lt. Swede Larson (Louis Jean Heydt) are longtime US Navy flying buddies, about to be transferred to different posts when Larson suffers a blackout during high-altitude maneuvers and cracks up. Navy doctor Douglas Lee (Errol Flynn) insists on trying to save him with an immediate operation, and the mortally injured pilot dies on the table. This sets the stage for a long, lingering, and bitter hatred between Blake and Lee -- which is only exacerbated when Lee chooses to become a flight surgeon so he can help to find a solution to the problem of high altitude blackout. Lee is assigned to medical research with Lt. Cdr. Lance Rogers (Ralph Bellamy), a flight surgeon whose dedication to high-altitude research has left him unfit for further flying. Their work proceeds through small triumphs and terrible tragedy, and Lee and Blake keep crossing paths, unwillingly -- they not only don't like each other personally, but end up competing for the attentions of the same woman (Alexis Smith) at one point. But they're forced to work together for the good of the service, even after Lee grounds Tim Griffin as medically unfit to keep flying. A fresh tragedy shows Blake that Lee has always been looking out for the best interests of the pilots, and they begin working together in earnest, at last. Blake pushes his piloting skills to their limit and beyond, and he soon finds a purpose and dedication that he's never known before -- and then he learns that he may have to be grounded because of his own deteriorating medical condition. While Lee frets over having to give the news to his friend, the only question for Blake is whether he will be able to see the final test of Lee's high-altitude pressure suit through to the end. Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide

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June 12, 2003: For US Navy buffs this movie is an excellent fictionalized account of the developement of the g-suit, early debate on what to do about hypoxia at altitude and how to measure pilot stress. Also interesting to the Naval aviation community are the pre-WWII shots of North Island aviation field (before it became a runway) and early carrier ops.

This review was written about the VHS edition.