Jet Job

Jet Job

Jet Job

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Jet Job

"Lightning Story of the Fly Guys Who Ride the Hottest Plane in the Skies!"

1952

1h 3m

6.5(2 votes)

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Action

Overview

Joe Kovak is a test pilot for military-aircraft designer Sam Bentley, who thinks of Joe as a son. A competing plane company is seeking the same Army contract as Bentley, and offers a $500 bonus to their publicity woman Marge Stevens if she can entice Joe into quitting Bentley to join their company. When Joe takes repeated unnecessary risks in the air, Bentley fires him and Joe goes to work for the competitor. He almost loses his life when the inferior plane he is testing fails to function at a high altitude, a fault that the designer had anticipated but had let get by because of his greed in getting the contract.

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Stanley Clements

Stanley Clements

Joe Kovak

Elena Verdugo

Elena Verdugo

Elena Verdugo

John Litel

John Litel

Sam Bentley

Robert Nichols

Robert Nichols

Dynamo Jackson

Dorothy Adams

Dorothy Adams

Mrs. Kovak

Tom Powers

Tom Powers

Oscar Collins

Todd Karns

Todd Karns

Peter Arlen

Creative team

Directed by: William Beaudine
Written by: Charles R. Marion
Produced by: Ben Schwalb

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