Given the job of training young pilots for important post-war cargo flights, hard-boiled Col. Stockton forces ex-officer Stag Cahill back into the military to be his aide at the academy. Complications arise when Stockton's son Kenneth arrives for training and Stockton, believing his son to be a slackard, looks for an excuse to drop him from the program. Rivalry develops between Stag and Ken as well, as they fall for the same girl.
Richard Dix
as Capt. W.R. 'Stag' Cahill
Chester Morris
as Kenneth 'Ken' Stockton
Joan Fontaine
as Meg Lawrence
Harry Carey
as Col. Cornelius Stockton
Paul Guilfoyle
as 'Fergie' Ferguson
Robert Strange
as Joe R. Weldon
Vickie Lester
as Edna, the Colonel's Secretary
Bernice Pilot
as Meg's Maid
Harry Hayden
as Justice of the Peace
