Des Teufels Pilot (1950)
55KDes Teufels Pilot: Directed by Stuart Heisler. With Humphrey Bogart, Eleanor Parker, Raymond Massey, Richard Whorf. Former World War II flying ace Matt Brennan takes a position as a test pilot for a commercial aircraft corporation and bumps into his old girlfriend, Jo Holloway, who now works as a receptionist for the company.
“After World War II is over, bomber pilot Humphrey Bogart becomes a test pilot who flies the jet planes Raymond Masseyu0026#39;s company builds. Thereu0026#39;s also a bland romance with Eleanor Parker. Itu0026#39;s Bogartu0026#39;s first movie released in the 1950s, a decade he sadly would not survive. Bogie does fine but, truth be told, heu0026#39;s too old for the part. Richard Whorf plays his romantic rival. Youu0026#39;ll forget him as soon as the movie ends. Eleanor Parker does what she can with her part as u0026quot;the prize.u0026quot; Raymond Massey is solid as always. James Brown is the clichéd country bumpkin pilot. The plane stuff is interesting, even exciting in spots, but the story is so dull and put together in as workmanlike a manner as possible. When you chip away the advanced technology, youu0026#39;re basically left with one of those 1930s movies about the perils of flight. Only those were usually more fun than this. Not something Iu0026#39;d recommend unless youu0026#39;re an aviation buff or a Bogart completist.”
