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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1507

Going Wild

193068 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: English
This copy runs: 66:03
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · William A. Seiter · Public domain

Synopsis

A penniless stowaway is mistaken for a celebrated aviator after being thrown off a train. Enjoying the attention, he sustains the deception until an air race requires him to fly a plane he cannot control.

Cast

Joe E. Brown

Ona Munson

Walter Pidgeon

DirectorsWilliam A. Seiter

Inspirations

The comedy adapts James Montgomery's play The Aviator. Joe E. Brown's false credentials turn social success into an increasingly dangerous practical test.

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Photograph credit

Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.

Joe E. Brown — CBS Radio; eBay item photo front photo back · Public domain
Ona Munson — Selznick International Pictures; Fred Parrish, still photographer; eBay · Public domain
Walter Pidgeon — CBS Television (photographer unknown) · Public domain

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