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The army and the air force had their go at this plot, so I suppose it was bound to be the navy’s turn. Richard Carlson in the man expected to take over the squadron of fliers when their boss gets incapacitated, but instead of the mild-mannered “Joe”, they get the hard as nails “C…
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Flat Top
46%
Movie
1h 23m
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Flat Top (1952) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Flat Top (1952) — a movie tagged as Drama, Action, and War with epic moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: A rock hard commander trains Navy Carrier Pilots during the Second World War Our models also surface themes such as ai and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~83 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Flat Top 46% (14 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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Synopsis
A rock hard commander trains Navy Carrier Pilots during the Second World War
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1952-10-26
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- TMDB rating
- 4.6
- TMDB ID
- 71243
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A rock hard commander trains Navy Carrier Pilots during the Second World War
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Cast
Sterling Hayden
Commander Dan Collier
Richard Carlson
Lt. (j.g.) Joe Rodgers
William Phipps
Red Kelley
John Bromfield
Ens. Snakehips McKay
Keith Larsen
Ens. Barney Smith / Barney Oldfield
William Schallert
Ens. Longfellow
Phyllis Coates
Dorothy Collier
Dave Willock
Willie
Walter Coy
Air Group Commander
Todd Karns
Judge
William Tannen
Commander (uncredited)
James Best
Radio Operator
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The army and the air force had their go at this plot, so I suppose it was bound to be the navy’s turn. Richard Carlson in the man expected to take over the squadron of fliers when their boss gets incapacitated, but instead of the mild-mannered “Joe”, they get the hard as nails “Collier” (Sterling Hayden). He immediately sets the cat amongst the pigeons by grounding one of their popular but reckless number and by proceeding to rule the team with a rod of iron. Naturally, this earns him the enmity of his command but with their carrier about to head into danger against the heavily armed Japanese Imperial Fleet, we all know that discipline is going to be key (and that there is precisely no jeopardy at all with the rest of the plot!). Carlsen tries a little here, but Hayden is about as wooden as the deck of the USS Princeton upon which much of this was filmed. In the end, it’s really all about some impressive aerial photography of training sessions and dogfights that is fairly clearly sourced from archive. It’s feel-good wartime fayre but its mediocrity isn’t much to write home about.
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