Letterboxd Review: Chain Lightning

Letterboxd Review: Chain Lightning - 1950

Story - Former World War II flying ace Matt Brennan takes a position as a test pilot for a commercial aircraft corporation and bumps into his old girlfriend, Jo Holloway, who now works as a receptionist for the company.
Cast - Humphrey Bogart, Eleanor Parker, Raymond Massey, Richard Whorf
Crew - Stuart Heisler (Director), Liam O'Brien (Writer), Lester Cole (Writer), Vincent B. Evans (Writer)
Runtime - 94 minutes

“There I was up 60,000 feet… And it was the quickest way to get down to you.”

I had no faith in this movie, but I remember hearing about it somewhere so I got it. Damn, what a nice romantic movie with elements of “science fiction”? It’s hard to say.

It is a 1950s movie so it is made in the same vein as movies that try to present fantastical technological achievements, and while this is not very wild or out there (supersonic planes exist now) you can feel the awe people at the time had for these new advancements.

Humphrey Bogart's acting is stellar, just like in anything he is, and while this is post Casablanca he doesn’t show signs of aging!

Warner Archive Blu-ray release.

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