Only angels have wings

Blu-ray 2016

A traveling entertainer gets more than she bargained for during a stopover in a South American port town. There she meets a handsome yet aloof daredevil pilot, who runs an airmail company, staring down death while servicing towns in treacherous mountain terrain. Both attracted to and repelled by his romantic sense of danger, she decides to stay on, despite his protestations.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Air mail service Drama

Air pilots Drama

Women entertainers Drama

More in this Genre:

Action and adventure films Drama Feature films Romance films Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 806

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ISBN:

9781681431307

Edition:

Blu-ray edition

Description:

1 Blu-ray disc (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
digital optical mono
video file Blu-ray 1080p high definition region A
monochrome

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: G

Notes:

Title from container
Originally released as a motion picture in 1939
Special features: Audio excerpts from a 1972 conversation between filmmakers; new interview with film critic Dvaid Thomson; Howard Hawks and his aviation movies; Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1939; trailer; essay by critic Michael Sragow
Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth, Richard Barthelmess
Blu-ray; region A, full screen (1.37:1); monaural; requires Blu-ray player
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing

Control Number:

1604734

UPC:

715515173711

Other Authors:

Arthur, Jean, 1900-1991, actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Furthman, Jules, screenwriter
Grant, Cary, 1904-1986, actor
Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977, film director
Hayworth, Rita, 1918-1987, actor

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