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Pete Sandidge (Tracy), a daredevil bomber pilot, dies when he crashes his plane into a German aircraft carrier, leaving his devoted girlfriend, Dorinda (Irene Dunne), who is also a pilot, heartbroken. In heaven, Pete receives a new assignment: he is to become the guardian angel for Ted Randall (Van Johnson), a young Army flyer. Invisibly, Pete guides Ted through flight school and into combat, but the ectoplasmic mentor's tolerance is tested when Ted falls for Dorinda. Ultimately, however, Pete not only comes to terms with their relationship but also acts as Dorinda's copilot when she undertakes a dangerous bombing raid, so that Ted won't have to. Remade by Steven Speilberg in 1989 as ALWAYS

A GUY - A GAL - A PAL - It's Swell!

Genres: Drama, Romance, War

Starring: Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson

Released: March 1, 1944

Runtime: 120.0

Popularity Rating: 0.663

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

United States of America

Pete Sandidge Spencer Tracy
Dorinda Durston Irene Dunne
Ted Randall Van Johnson
Al Yackey Ward Bond
'Nails' Kilpatrick James Gleason
The General Lionel Barrymore
Dick Rumney Barry Nelson
Ellen Bright Esther Williams
Col. Sykes Henry O'Neill
James J. Rourke Don DeFore
Sanderson Charles Smith
Maj. Corbett Addison Richards
Henderson Irving Bacon
Girlfriend of Rourke Eve Whitney

Art — Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons
Art — Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
Camera — Director of Photography: George J. Folsey
Camera — Director of Photography: Karl Freund
Directing — Assistant Director: Dolph Zimmer
Directing — Assistant Director: Horace Hough
Directing — Director: Victor Fleming
Editing — Editor: Frank Sullivan
Production — Producer: Everett Riskin
Production — Unit Production Manager: Gilbert Kurland
Production — Unit Production Manager: Jay Marchant
Sound — Original Music Composer: Herbert Stothart
Sound — Sound: Douglas Shearer
Writing — Adaptation: Frederick Hazlitt Brennan
Writing — Screenplay: Dalton Trumbo
Writing — Story: Chandler Sprague
Writing — Story: David Boehm