Devil Dogs of the Air is a 1935 Warner Bros. propaganda film, directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien, reprising their earlier roles as buddies after making their debut as a "buddy team" in Here Comes the Navy. Devil Dogs of the Air was the second of nine features that Pat O'Brien and James Cagney made together. The film's storyline was adapted from a novel by John Monk Saunders. Lieut. Bill Brannigan invites friend and hotshot pilot Tommy O'Toole , the self-styled "world's greatest aviator", to join the U.S.M.C. Reserve Aviator training program. O'Toole arrives... and promptly starts to move in on Brannigan's love interest, Betty Roberts , and in typical cocky fashion, antagonizes nearly everyone else. Although not temperamentally suited for the military, O'Toole completes primary training and after surviving an accident, eventually realizes that he is willing to change. After a competition in the air with his friend Brannigan, and for the attentions of Betty, there is a predictable conclusion with O'Toole coming out the victor. The film has a Warner Bros.
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| Release date: | February 9, 1935 |
| Directed by: | Lloyd Bacon |
| Runtime: | 85 Minutes |
| Producer: | Hal B. Wallis |
| Cinematography: | Arthur Edeson |
| Estimated budget: | $350,000 |
| Genre: | Action |