A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn't make a great first impression when he is forced to ditch his airplane and parachute to safety when he arrives at the base but is unable to land due to heavy fog. On his first day on the job, his poor shooting skills results in the Hellcats losing an air combat competition. His fellow pilots accept him anyways but they think he's crossed the line when they erroneously conclude that while their CO Billy Gray is away, Drake has an affair with his wife Lorna. Drake is now an outcast and is prepared to resign from the Navy but his extreme heroism in saving Billy Gray's life turns things around.
Robert Taylor
Ruth Hussey
Walter Pidgeon
Paul Kelly
Shepperd Strudwick
Red Skelton
Nat Pendleton
Dick Purcell
William Tannen
William Stelling
Stanley Smith
Addison Richards
Donald Douglas
Pat Flaherty
Forbes Murray
Marsha Hunt
Cliff Danielson
Bob Davis
Lee Tung Foo
Reed Hadley
John Hamilton
Otto Han
Hal Le Sueur
Jack Luden
James Millican
Alberto Morin
Tom Neal
George Offerman, Jr.
Claire Owen
Steve Pendleton
John Raitt
Walter Sande
James Seay
John Sheehan
Dick Wessel
Gayne Whitman
Gilbert Wilson
Bruce Edwards
Howard Wilson