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The Flying Deuces (1939) Plot Summary Explained

Name: The Flying Deuces
Genre: War, Comedy
Released: 1939-11-03
Duration: 69 min

Release, runtime and language: 1939 · 69 mins · English; #11,881 7
Directed by: A. Edward Sutherland
Starring: Jean Parker, Charles Middleton, Reginald Gardiner, Jean Del Val, Bonnie Bannon, Arthur Housman

A frantic comedy in which Ollie falls head‑over‑heels for a woman only to discover she’s already married. Despair drives him to a botched suicide attempt, and he and his pal Stan flee to the French Foreign Legion to escape their woes. After being arrested for attempting to desert, they avoid a firing squad by commandeering an aircraft and escaping.

War Comedy Cast, crew & box office

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