Starlift

It takes someone a lot more important than a studio mogul to get Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, James Cagney, Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Gene Nelson, Virginia Mayo, Jane Wyman, Randolph Scott and more Hollywood celebrities to costar in the same movie. It takes an Air Force corporal from Youngstown, Ohio! A charming tale of a noncom with a crush on a filmland ingenue is the backdrop for this spirited flag-waver featuring screen greats performing for -- or just shooting the breeze with -- starstruck flyboys in uniform. Songs by the Gershwins, Cole Porter and more legendary composers plus a hilarious Western production number with Cooper whoopin' it up as a steely Texas Ranger add to the red-white-and-blue fun.

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