UW Cinematheque - John Ford at Work
Air Mail | USA | 1932 | DCP | 84 min. Director: John Ford
Event Details
Date
Friday, March 6, 2026
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Pat O’Brien, Ralph Bellamy, Gloria Stuart.
Talented-but-reckless airman Duke Talbot (O’Brien) runs off with the wife of a freshly-deceased fellow pilot, forcing the even-tempered Mike Miller (Bellamy) to finish the downed pilot’s mail route. When Miller’s plane crashes into a mountain during the job, Talbot must decide whether to use his daredevil aviation skills to save his injured comrade.
Talented-but-reckless airman Duke Talbot (O’Brien) runs off with the wife of a freshly-deceased fellow pilot, forcing the even-tempered Mike Miller (Bellamy) to finish the downed pilot’s mail route. When Miller’s plane crashes into a mountain during the job, Talbot must decide whether to use his daredevil aviation skills to save his injured comrade.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-262-3627 or email ben.reiser@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Friday, February 20, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.