Howard Hawks Only Angels Have Wings (1939) is a thrilling and deeply human aviation adventure set in a fog-shrouded South American outpost. Cary Grant stars as the stoic leader of a mail-carrying flight crew who risk their lives navigating treacherous mountains while a stranded showgirl (Jean Arthur) and a disgraced pilot (Richard Barthelmess) stir emotional turbulence. Blending romance, danger, and camaraderie, its one of Hawks most enduring classics.

Criterion Collection

Electrified by crackling dialogue and visual craftsmanship of the great Howard Hawks, Only Angels Have Wings stars Jean Arthur as a traveling entertainer who gets more than she bargained for during a stopover in a South American port town. There she meets a handsome and aloof daredevil pilot, played by Cary Grant, who runs an airmail company, staring down death while servicing towns in treacherous mountain terrain. Both attracted to and repelled by his romantic sense of danger, she decides to stay on, despite his protestations. This masterful and mysterious adventure, featuring Oscar-nominated special effects, high-wire aerial photography, and Rita Hayworth in a small but breakout role, explores Hawkss recurring themes of masculine codes and the strong-willed women who question them.

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At a remote South American trading port, the manager of an air-freight company is compelled to risk the lives of his pilots in order to win an important contract as a traveling American showgirl stops in town.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack

Audio excerpts from a 1972 conversation between filmmakers Howard Hawks and Peter Bogdanovich

New interview with film critic David Thomson

Howard Hawks and His Aviation Movies, a new program featuring film scholars Craig Barron and Ben Burtt

Lux Radio Theatre a