MovieChat Forums > Men of the Fighting Lady (1954) Discussion > Preferential treatment for Keenan Wynn

Preferential treatment for Keenan Wynn

posted 15 years ago by robert48-1
1 reply | jump to latest

When Van Johnson's jet is damaged, the narrator informs us that he will land last because if he crashed the deck might be trashed and prevent the other jets from landing. However, when Keenan Wynn's jet is damaged he lands first and indeed does send flaming wreckage all over the deck. Why do the film makers go out of their way to inform of us a sensible rule and then ignore it?

[–] shootr2 14 years ago

No, Wynn's character doesn't land first...he lands last. They just didn't repeat the individual shots of the first flyers landing again - we've already been told in the earlier scene's narration that the damaged plane lands last.

Besides, that's the point of the shot of Szymanski rushing the plane with wings folded being lowered below deck - to clear the landing deck for the damaged plane.