Only Angels Have Wings

Takes a while to get going, but after the first 30 minutes it’s really a fabulous picture, filled with the least trite, most likable sort of masculine bravado, loyalty and camaraderie; the women who fit into hard-nosed flyer Cary Grant’s life have typically female things to worry about, but they’re a good deal more fleshed out than in the average film of this kind. It’s a slow burner but a lot’s going on, and by the final climax I found I had a lot invested in these characters’ lives.