"Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night."
John Barrymore
as Riviere
Helen Hayes
as Madame Fabian
Clark Gable
as Jules
Lionel Barrymore
as Robineau
Robert Montgomery
as Auguste Pellerin
Myrna Loy
as Wife of Brazilian Pilot
William Gargan
as Brazilian Pilot
C. Henry Gordon
as Daudet
Leslie Fenton
as Jules' Radio Operator / Co-Pilot
Harry Beresford
as Pierre Roblet
Frank Conroy
as Radio Operator
Dorothy Burgess
as Pellerin's Girlfriend
Irving Pichel
as Dr. Decosta
Helen Jerome Eddy
as Worried Mother
Buster Phelps
as Sick Child
Ralf Harolde
as Pilot
Marcia Ralston
as Nightclub Vamp
Maurice Black
as Nightclub Manager (uncredited)
Ed Brady
as Radio Operator on Telephone (uncredited)
Sidney D'Albrook
as Airport Office Employee (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey
as Santiago Nurse (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Otto Hoffman
as Airport Office Clerk (uncredited)
George Irving
as Santiago Doctor (uncredited)
Wallace MacDonald
as Mechanic (uncredited)
Michael Mark
Francis McDonald
as Radioman (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux
Inez Palange
as Simone's Maid (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr.
Evelyn Selbie
as Mother in Window (uncredited)
Clarence Brown
Director
Oliver H.P. Garrett
Writer
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Novel
Wells Root
Producer
David O. Selznick
Executive Producer
Herbert Stothart
Music
Oliver T. Marsh
Director of Photography
Hal C. Kern
Editor
Alexander Toluboff
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Charles Dorian
Assistant Director
Hobe Erwin
Interior Designer
Douglas Shearer
Sound
Robert Shirley
Sound Recordist
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects