They Flew Alone

1942
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1h 43min

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6,0/10

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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaThe story of flyer Amy Johnson who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was l... Leggi tuttoThe story of flyer Amy Johnson who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.The story of flyer Amy Johnson who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.

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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

6,0/10

285

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Opening credits: Here's the story of a girl from Yorkshire; born to be one of millions, she became one in a million. This career - rather like a rocket out of a match-box - was her own. She dreamed it; planned it; lived it; until all that happened to her shouted from...

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In the final scenes showing a group of, apparent, British Spitfire or Hurricane aircraft being ferried by women British pilots, each woman is shown in her dress uniform cap instead of the required headgear to allow for proper communications.

Citazioni
Miss Bland: How can you expect to succeed in anything if you flout convention?

Curiosità sui crediti
"And to all the Amy Johnsons of today, who have fought and won the battle of the straw hat - who have driven through centuries of convention - who have abandoned the slogan 'safety first' in their fight for freedom from fear - from want - from persecution - we dedicate this film."

Versioni alternative
This film was released in England as "They Flew Alone." Although the British version ran 104 minutes, the film was was cut to 96 minutes for American distribution.

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Referenced in Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen: Censored (1996)

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Kiss Me Goodnight
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Music by Mischa Spoliansky
Lyrics by William Kernell

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Reviewing with Hindsight,not a good thing.

I think that thorwald should bear in mind the circumstances that lead to the making of this film. In 1942 Britain's wartime courage had slipped to it's lowest,and many people were doubting whether we could win the war.The US did not enter WW2 until Dec 1941,and this film was made before that. The main reason that this film was made when it was,is the fact that Amy Johnson died on January 5th 1941,whilst ferrying RAF planes to airfields(her plane crashed in the Thames Estuary).So the filmmakers used this as a tribute,AND a propaganda film. If it HAD been left until after the war the impetus would probably have gone and the film would not have been made at all.There are probably quite a few(US & UK) poor quality films that apart from propaganda would not have been made.It is unwise to judge such film from the distance of 70 years or so,given that the motives for making them might seem dubious to us now.We may criticise old films that are just plain bad,but to judge wartime films purely on their film value(without their historic context) is just stupid and demeans the memory of those that took part in WW2,whether in the forces,or in the filmmaking world. It would be nice to be able to alter history,but we can't.These wartime films (good or bad) are part of WW2 and if we judge them out of context,and we alter the history they are represent.