20,000 Men a Year 85 years old

They lived on the end of a smoldering fuse!

20,000 Men a Year

Pilot disobeys unsafe orders and loses his job. He then starts a flying school which receives a boost when the government launches a program which it hopes will produce 20,000 pilots a year.

Credits

20,000 Men a Year Cast

Name Character
Robert Shaw He was 12, 51 years old when he died as Tommy Howell
Robert E. Sherwood He was 43, 59 years old when he died as Dispatcher
Randolph Scott He was 41, 89 years old when he died as Brad Reynolds
Selmer Jackson He was 51, 82 years old when he died as C.A.A. Official
Harry Tyler He was 51, 73 years old when he died as Joe Hungerford
Victor Sen Yung He was 24, 65 years old when he died as Harold Chong
Preston Foster He was 39, 69 years old when he died as Jim Howell
George Chandler He was 41, 86 years old when he died as Soda Jerker
Margaret Lindsay She was 29, 70 years old when she died as Ann Rogers
Sidney Miller He was 23, 87 years old when he died as Irving Glassman
Jane Darwell She was 60, 87 years old when she died as Mrs. Allen
Carl Stockdale He was 65, 79 years old when he died as Farmer
Maxie Rosenbloom He was 31, 68 years old when he died as Walt Dorgan
Tom Seidel as Wally Richards
George Ernest He was 17, 87 years old when he died as Skip Rogers
Kane Richmond He was 32, 66 years old when he died as Al Williams
Arthur Rankin He was 123, 77 years old when he died as Reporter
Mary Healy She was 21, 96 years old when she died as Joan Marshall
Douglas Wood He was 58, 85 years old when he died as Crandall
Iva Stewart She was 25, 71 years old when she died as Stewardess
Dave Morris He was 17, 1 years old when he died as Baseball Fan
Landers Stevens He was 62, 63 years old when he died as Professor
Harrison Greene He was 55, 61 years old when he died as Mr. Jones
Edward Gargan He was 37, 61 years old when he died as Dunk
Holmes Herbert He was 57, 74 years old when he died as Dean Norris
Matt McHugh He was 45, 77 years old when he died as Baseball Fan
Edwin Stanley He was 58, 64 years old when he died as Chief Pilot Lawson
Paul Stanton He was 27, now 57 years old as Gerald Grant

20,000 Men a Year Crew

Name Department
Alfred Edward Green as Director. He was 50 (71) years old when He died Directing
Sol M. Wurtzel as Executive Producer. He was 58 (77) years old when He died Production
Frank Wead as Story. He was 44 (52) years old when He died Writing
Lou Breslow as Screenplay. He was 39 (87) years old when He died Writing
Owen Francis as Screenplay. He was 60 (56) years old when He died Writing
Fred Allen as Editor. He was 45 (61) years old when He died Editing
Samuel Kaylin as Original Music Composer. He was 47 (91) years old when He died Sound
20,000 Men a Year poster
20,000 Men a Year (85 years)

They lived on the end of a smoldering fuse!

  • Release day: Thursday, October 26, 1939
  • Runtime: 84 minutes