Only Angels Have Wings


1939 drama

Rating: 17/20

Plot: Pilots in some South American mountain village deal with love and death and blindness and anger as they deal with the past and mail delivery.

Cary Grant brings a little meanness and a giant-brimmed hat to this one and a lustful parrot checks out Rita Hayworth. This Howard Hawks classic's got a nice mix of heart, humor, drama, and adventure, but it really works because the characters work in a way that characters don't usually work in cinema from 1930's Hollywood. It's also got lovely shots of airplanes flying through dangerous mountain passes.

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