The Lady Takes a Flyer

Mike Dandridge (Jeff Chandler) has a most unusual job. He earns money shuttling various WWII surplus airplanes all over the world. Maggie (Lana Turner) works with him and after a whirlwind courtship, the pair marry. However, the pair never really seemed to have talked about marriage...their expectations, how their lives will change, etc.. Not surprisingly, when Maggie gets pregnant, she has to stay home with the baby...but Mike wants to continue living as before...spending days on end away from home shuttling planes for his business. In essence, Mike needs to grow up and face his responsibilities...which he steadfastly refuses to do. And, not surprisingly, the marriage is on the rocks. Is there any hope for Maggie, Mike and the baby?

This film has 'time-passer' written all over it. There is a certain ordinariness and blandness that the formula has in this film that kept me from really caring about any of the antics of this couple. Bland characters (with Chandler occasionally being rather bombastic) and pedestrian direction didn't help any. The climactic and exciting ending really was neither. The only thing I really liked was seeing all the nice WWII-era planes....and you know the film isn't much when you look forward to seeing the planes.