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Keep 'Em Flying

1941 · 86 min

A breezy, joke-a-minute romp with slapstick detours and big-band charm, easy to watch and cheerfully silly.

Tagline
They're Just Air-Plane Nuts!
Overview
When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him. Since the two are Abbott & Costello, the air corps doesn't know what it's in for.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • love
  • ambition
  • loyalty
  • redemption
Places
  • military
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour8
Realism5
Romance4
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Arthur Lubin
Written by
Nat Perrin, John Grant, True Boardman
Starring
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Martha Raye, Carol Bruce, William Gargan, Dick Foran, Charles Lang, William B. Davidson
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
86 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Italian

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