A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn't make a great first impression when he is forced to ditch his airplane and parachute to safety when he arrives at the base but is unable to land due to heavy fog. On his first day on the job, his poor shooting skills results in the Hellcats losing an air combat competition. His fellow pilots accept him anyways but they think he's crossed the line when they erroneously conclude that while their CO Billy Gray is away, Drake has an affair with his wife Lorna. Drake is now an outcast and is prepared to resign from the Navy but his extreme heroism in saving Billy Gray's life turns things around.
Elenco: Robert Taylor , Ruth Hussey , Walter Pidgeon , Paul Kelly , Shepperd Strudwick , Red Skelton , Nat Pendleton , Dick Purcell , William Tannen , William Stelling , Stanley Smith , Addison Richards , Donald Douglas , Pat Flaherty , Forbes Murray , Marsha Hunt , Cliff Danielson , Bob Davis , Lee Tung Foo , Reed Hadley , John Hamilton , Otto Han , Hal Le Sueur , Jack Luden , James Millican , Alberto Morin , Tom Neal , George Offerman , Jr. , Claire Owen , Steve Pendleton , John Raitt , Walter Sande , James Seay , John Sheehan , Dick Wessel , Gayne Whitman , Gilbert Wilson , Howard Wilson , Bruce Edwards .