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Keep 'Em Flying
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| Keep 'Em Flying | |
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 Keep 'Em Flying Theatrical Poster |
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| Directed by | Arthur Lubin |
| Produced by | Glenn Tryon |
| Written by | True Boardman Nat Perrin John Grant |
| Starring | Bud Abbott Lou Costello Martha Raye Dick Foran Carol Bruce |
| Music by | Charles Previn |
| Editing by | Philip Cahn |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 28, 1941 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 86 min |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Hold That Ghost (1941) |
| Followed by | Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942) |
| IMDb profile | |
Keep 'Em Flying is a 1941 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello.
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Jinx Roberts (Dick Foran) is a stunt pilot and his assistants are Blackie (Bud Abbott) and Heathcliffe (Lou Costello). All three are fired from the carnival and air show that they work for after a disagreement. Jinx decides that he should join the army air corps, so they go to a nightclub to party one last time. While there Jinx falls for the club's singer, Linda Joyce (Carol Bruce). Coincidentally, she becomes a USO hostess at the same Academy that Jinx and her brother, Jimmy (Charles Lang) are enrolled at. It turns out that Jinx's instructor, Craig Morrison (William Gargan), was his co-pilot on a commerial airplane years earlier, and the two still hold animosity for each other. Meanwhile, Blackie and Heathcliffe join the air corps as ground crewman and fall in love twin USA hostesses (Martha Raye in a dual role).
Jinx attempts to help Jimmy solo, nearly getting him killed. For his efforts, Jinx is kicked out of the corps, along with his Blackie and Heathcliffe. As they are leaving, Craig gets his parachute caught on the tail end of the plane that he just jumped out of. Jinx confiscates a plane and comes to his rescue. For his heroic actions, he is allowed back into the corps.
- It was filmed from September 5-October 29, 1941.
- Although it was filmed after Ride 'Em Cowboy, it was released first to coincide with the War Department's Keep 'Em Flying Week.
- It's working title was Up in the Air.
- It was filmed at the Cal-Aero school in Ontario, California.
- Costello's brother, Pat, was used as Lou's stunt double.
- It was re-released with Ride 'Em Cowboy in 1949, and with Buck Privates in 1953.
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One Night in the Tropics • Buck Privates • In The Navy • Hold That Ghost • Keep 'Em Flying • Ride 'Em Cowboy • Rio Rita • Pardon My Sarong • Who Done It? • It Ain't Hay • Hit The Ice • In Society • Lost in a Harem • Here Come The Co-Eds • The Naughty Nineties • Abbott and Costello in Hollywood • Little Giant • The Time of Their Lives • Buck Privates Come Home • The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap • The Noose Hangs High • Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein • Mexican Hayride • Africa Screams • Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff • Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion • Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man • Comin' Round The Mountain • Jack and the Beanstalk • Lost in Alaska • Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd • Abbott and Costello Go to Mars • Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde • Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops • Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy • Dance With Me Henry • The World of Abbott and Costello
Lou Costello solo film: The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock