Blaze of Noon

Blaze of Noon (1947)

PARAMOUNT SWEEPS YOU ALOFT IN THE SCREEN'S GREATEST ROMANCE OF THE SKIES!

In this aerial melodrama, four brothers working as stunt pilots for a flying circus leave their jobs to become mail pilots. Because their job requires that they constantly travel, they are advised to not settle down with wives and kids. Still, one pilot falls in love and marries. Unfortunately, the woman dislikes his brothers and constantly worries that he will be killed during a flight. Her fears are not unfounded and much tragedy ensues as the story unfolds.

Date of release
1947-05-02
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama, Action
Director
John Farrow

Casting

Interesting facts

Blaze of Noon is a 1947 aviation adventure film directed by John Farrow and based on writer and aviator Ernest K. Gann's best-selling novel Blaze of Noon (1946), a story about early air mail operations. The screenplay was from well-known writer and aviator Frank "Spig" Wead and Arthur Sheekman and starred Anne Baxter, William Holden, Sonny Tufts and William Bendix.

Production

In pre-production, director John Farrow gathered research by flying on American Airlines' cargo flights. Principal photography for Blaze of Noon took place at both Paramount Studios and the Paramount Ranch, beginning on November 1, 1946, and ending in early January 1947.

Noted Hollywood movie pilot Paul Mantz flew a Pitcairn Mailwing in the film; he also served as the aerial coordinator. The film was able to gain national and international notoriety when Mantz flew his war-surplus North American P-51C Mustang fighter that he named "Blaze of Noon" to a first-place finish in the 1946 Bendix Trophy cross-country air race.

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