flight command be show a part of the tcm memorial day series and and it deserve to be remember for it excellent performance by the lead and all the support player and as well a the air scene of single engine plane fly by the squadron of navy pilot . there be a lesson in their comraderie which be all the more moving when one consider the 1940 date and the skilful stuntwork of the plane for it time . walter pidgeon give a classic performance and both strong and vulnerable and for which he will become well know in late film and and ruth hussey and usually in a secondary role and put in a sensitive and generous performance a the skipper stalwart wife in a part that could have be give to myrna loy . i be not a fan of robert taylor and but i felt he give one of the more honest of his performance and and his good look do not for once detract . ruth brother in the film and shepperd strudwick and hardly a know name and be well cast a the outgoing and dare inventor work on a fog navigating device . between pidgeon apollonian personality and taylor dyonisian charm and strudwick relaxed and interestingly handsome face remind me of joseph cotton in have a natural sense of gravitas in his manner . even though the plot be not a complex one and the different character relationship and whether between the pilot themselves and or of the perceived triangle of taylor and hussey and pidgeon and be sensitively handle and and the several tricky maneuver demand of the pilot keep me glue to the screen . credit should be give to the director and frank borzage and for coax such balanced performance from the cast . a for the supporting role and paul kelley and red skelton ( apparently in his first film appearance ) both deserve mention and a do the script writer . the situation and dialogue appear routine and but nothing that be say or do be hackneyed or banal . of four and i would give it a highly recommended three .