Ceiling Zero

The irrepressible, cocky, and dynamic James Cagney is a devil-may-care civil aviator who does what he pleases and flies by the seat of his pants. Tolerating his unpredictable little-boy stunts, his aggravating pranks and general I-don't-give-a-damn attitude is the soft-hearted Pat O'Brien, paired once again with his close friend Cagney. O'Brien is the ground commander who sends men into the air to test planes and deliver people, goods, and mail, and who wet-nurses the families of his pilots. Cagney, as usual, steals the show with his swaggering, humorous histrionics. He falls in love with aviatrix June Travis and begins to shirk his duties. In one scene he goes on ...