

Only Angels Have Wings
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A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a major contract.
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- Language
- Spanish
- airplane
- pilot
- flyer
- south america
- old flame
- showgirl
- andes mountains
- air freight
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR15 May 1939
BrazilBR
- Physical121 Jan 2000
FranceFR
- TheatricalU11 Dec 1940
- PhysicalVHS24 Feb 1993
- PhysicalUDVD9 Mar 2005
- TheatricalTPre-release20 Jan 2016
- Digital / OTT10 May 2020
- PhysicalTPBlu-ray23 Jun 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical624 Aug 1950
HungaryHU
- Theatrical186 Nov 1941
ItalyIT
- Theatrical2 Feb 1942
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Only Angels Have Wings was released on 15 May 1939.
Audience reviews
3- J8/10
John Chard
1/2/2019
Howard Hawks on familiar territory with this aeroplane adventure/drama. Geoff Carter is the head of a small run down air freight company in Barranca, one of his best pilots (and friend) is killed, but this is merely only one of the problems he has to deal with as ex flames, potential new sweethearts, and dissension in the camp, all fuse together to test him to the limit. Howard Hawks was the perfect man for thi…
- S10/10
Skubic
4/23/2019
Holy Smokes. And they do smoke a lot in this film. Geoff as the prototypical "man's man" who runs a struggling air freight company near a difficult to pass mountain. I don't want to give too much away, but between a handful of airplane crashes and a new beau and ex lover showing up there is a lot going on. I can't remember the last time I teared up from pure joy from a film. But this movie has about a perfec…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/9/2024
Jean Arthur gets off to a flying start here as the no-nonsense "Bonnie" who arrives in a remote village in South America. It's a small but lively location where "Carter" (Cary Grant) runs an air-freight business from a runway with more holes and puddles than actual ground upon which to land! The business is being backed by the engaging bar owner "Dutchy" (Sig Ruman) and they are approaching the critical point of thei…
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