A Guy Named Joe

I guess it's a fantasy film.  Set during WWII, flyer Spenser Tracy dies and his spirit is assigned to guide flyers.  His girlfriend Irene Dunne also a flyer is heartbroken.  Enter Van Johnson as flyer who Tracy helps and ends up in love with Dunne, who agrees to marry him.  Before the wedding, Johnson is assigned a dangerous mission.  And then the film lost me-even as fantasy I can't buy what happens next.  Dunne "plane-naps" Johnson's plane, does the mission, returns safely to Johnson's loving arms. Most people I know would be angry that Dunne stole his mission, thinking "don't you think I'm competent enough to do the job? You think you're better than me? You think you have to protect me, what am I a child?"


I think the ending was beyond fantasy.  Acting was good, production well done.  Dalton Trumbo was credited with screen play, but I find hard to believe that is the ending he wrote.

I'm not sure I'd recommend this film to anyone.