George Takes the Air

1938

Comedy / Musical / War

3
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 271 271

Plot summary

George Brown is rejected as an Air Raid Warden and in doing so sees his potential to join the Royal Air Force. His dreams could soon come true as he realises that in fact his friend has left behind some very important papers, he dons a his Royal Air Force uniform and delivers the papers when he is mistaken for a dispatch driver from HQ. He soon becomes the butt of jokes from his sergeant which ends him staying indefinitely at the air base. George soon falls in love with the Sergeant Major's daughter and when he discovers his real identity he threatens to report him. On the day of an annual inspection George attempts to escape the base and ends up in a plane, while the inspecting officer watches on, George's plane display is mesmerizing and the inspecting officer insists he should be commended, in order to save their skins George manages to land the plane and is accepted as a flyer by the RAF.

Director

Anthony Kimmins Photo
Anthony Kimmins

Top cast

Michael Shepley Photo
Michael Shepley as Adjutant
Garry Marsh Photo
Garry Marsh as Commanding Officer Hill
Jack Melford Photo
Jack Melford as Lt. Terry - pilot
Hal Gordon Photo
Hal Gordon as Nobby Clark - mechanic
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
803.32 MB
1280*934
English 2.0
NR
24 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 1
1.46 GB
1480*1080
English 2.0
NR
24 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 14

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by a-h-guicherit 7 / 10

Great music

My mother took me out to cinema when I was 4 years old. It was this film that made great impression on me. Now, 75 years later I still remember the tune of this film: it's in the air. The film is dated, but George Formby songs are as fresh as when I first heard them. A realy fine memory
Reviewed by Spondonman 7 / 10

It's in the dim and distant past

This was a nice George Formby vehicle, or vehicles - first the passion of his life, a motorbike then an aeroplane. It was also a flag-waver-in-advance with no mention of the War to come 7 months after release or the Nazis.George wants to join the Air Force but is refused because he can't tell left from right - after a series of accidents and practical jokes played on him he's in, and in love. The songs were They Can't Fool Me (over the radio and with a tremendous solo on the uke), Our Sergeant Major (2 versions Worst and Best) and the hepped-up and therefore more dated It's In The Air (with Polly Ward in the rather crowded canteen). Jack Hobbs played the enigmatic practical joking corporal with a mental age of 5, not really what was needed in the RAF I should have thought! Garry Marsh had a great part as the CO, but a lot of the familiar gang were in sterling attendance too. George was also described in here as having a face like a horse with a row of teeth like a graveyard ... now you know what it took to be a superstar!It reflects back to us now a sadly dead world in all senses of the word. With a satisfying but implausible flying climax it remains one of Formby's better films.
Reviewed by SimonJack 6 / 10

Pre-WW II comedy in the RAF

The brother-in-law of an RAF messenger finds an addressed letter in the pocket of his uniform after the brother-in-law has changed clothes at home and left on a three-day pass to visit his mother. Thinking that his sister's husband forgot to deliver the important message, George Brown decides to deliver it for him. So, he dons the other's uniform and takes off, posing as his brother-in-law. But, once on the base, he's caught in a series of orders and assignments that lead to pandemonium.It's a funny tale with Formby playing his ukulele, being the butt of pranks by a Corporal Craig, and his befuddling the Sergeant Major. But the pranks by Craig backfire as the top dog's daughter, Peggy, falls for George and leaves Craig in the lurch. It all ends with some crazy flying scenes that are a mix of models and real flying in a biplane with Brown at the controls and Craig as his radio operator.This 1938 British film by Associated Talking Pictures was titled "It's in the Air" in the U. K. It was renamed for U. S. release as "George Takes the Air." That was most likely to distinguish it from a 1935 Jack Benny comedy film, "It's in the Air."
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