The devil's pilot

Movie
German title	The devil's pilot
Original title	Chain lightning
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1950
length	94 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Stuart Heisler
script	Lester Cole , ; Liam O'Brien , ; Vincent B. Evans
production	Anthony Veiller
music	David Buttolph
camera	Ernest Haller
cut	Thomas Reilly
occupation
	Humphrey Bogart : Matthew "Matt" Brennan; Eleanor Parker : Joan "Jo" Holloway; Raymond Massey : Leland Willis; Richard Whorf : Carl Troxell; James Brown : Maj. Hinkle; Roy Roberts : Maj. Gen. Hewitt; Morris Ankrum : Ed Bostwick; Fay Baker : Mrs. Willis; Fred Sherman : Jeb Farley;
synchronization

The Devil's Pilot (Original Title: Chain Lightning ) is an American feature film from 1950 with Humphrey Bogart and Eleanor Parker . Directed by Stuart Heisler .

action

Matthew "Matt" Brennan was stationed in England as a pilot of a B-17 bomber for the US Army Air Force during World War II . Thanks to his experience as a first-class pilot, he can give the aircraft designer Carl Troxell valuable suggestions for improvement. He falls in love with the Red Cross sister Joan "Jo" Holloway and tries in vain to get permission for an immediate marriage when he has to return to the United States.

At home, Brennan tries in vain for work and has to accept many bitter disappointments. Through his former war comrade Hinkle, he comes to the party of the unscrupulous aircraft manufacturer Leland Willis. There, to his surprise, he meets Holloway again, who now works as a secretary for Willis. Troxell also works for him as an aircraft manufacturer. It was thanks to Brennan that he got a job at Willis as a test pilot for the JA-3 high-speed aircraft. Troxell wants to test his latest invention, a cabin parachute, with him.

When the time comes, however, Brennan is on a record flight from Nome, Alaska, across the North Pole to Washington, DC , to earn the $ 30,000 award. Troxell then starts a test flight himself in the further developed JA-4 to test his cabin parachute, in which he has a fatal accident. The friend's death puts a strain on the love affair between Brennan and Holloway. To prove that his unfortunate friend has succeeded in making a sensational invention, Brennan takes to the skies on his own in the JA-4. After the successful return, he falls into the arms of his beloved.

production

The film, produced by Warner Bros. , was shot at Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank. The film premiered on February 18, 1950 in New York City . The world premiere in Germany was on October 13, 1950. The DVD was released on February 23, 2012 by Warner Home Video in an English language version.

Reviews

"An excellent leading actor and attractive aerial shots cannot make up for the handicap of a banal script," said the lexicon of international films . The conclusion of Cinema was: "Good flight scenes, but winged script." For the television magazine Prisma , The Devil's Pilot was a "rather banal [it] work based on a script by Liam O'Brian and Vincent Evans" and "[s] icher one the worse films by Humphrey Bogart ”, which could come up as an“ adventure film but with strong aerial shots ”.

synchronization

The German dubbed version was created in 1977 in the studios of Berliner Synchron GmbH in Berlin . Lutz Arenz wrote the dialogue book , and Dietmar Behnke directed the dubbing .

role	actor	Voice actor
Matthew "Matt" Brennan	Humphrey Bogart	Joachim Kemmer
Joan "Jo" Holloway	Eleanor Parker	Marianne Lutz
Leland Willis	Raymond Massey	Helmut Wildt
Carl Troxell	Richard Whorf	Claus Jurichs
Maj. Hinkle	James Brown	Joachim Pukass
Maj. Gen. Hewitt	Roy Roberts	Hans Künster
Ed Bostwick	Morris Ankrum	Manfred Grote
Mrs. Willis	Fay Baker	Hallgard Bruckhaus