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1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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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
DVD release of the 1939 motion picture
Widescreen
Special features: Audio excerpts from a 1972 conversation between filmmakers Howard hawks and Peter Bogdanovich ; new interview with film critic David Thomson ; Howard Hawks and his aviation movies, a new program featuring film scholars Craig Barron and Ben Burtt ; Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1939, starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth, Richard Barethelmess, and Thomas Mitchell, and hosted by director Cecil B. DeMille ; trailer ; essay by critic Michael Sragow
Cinematography, Joseph Walker ; editor, Viola Lawrence ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin
Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth, Richard Barthelmess
MPAA rating: Not rated
DVD ; fullscreen (1.37:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono
Closed-captioned