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# Test Pilot (1938): cast and crew

23 cast and 12 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Clark Gable](https://film.one/person/clark-gable.md) as Jim Lane
- [Myrna Loy](https://film.one/person/myrna-loy.md) as Ann "Thursday" Barton
- [Spencer Tracy](https://film.one/person/spencer-tracy.md) as Gunner Morse
- [Lionel Barrymore](https://film.one/person/lionel-barrymore.md) as Howard B. Drake
- [Gloria Holden](https://film.one/person/gloria-holden.md) as Mrs. May Benson
- [Samuel S. Hinds](https://film.one/person/samuel-s-hinds.md) as General Ross
- [Marjorie Main](https://film.one/person/marjorie-main.md) as Landlady
- [Ted Pearson](https://film.one/person/ted-pearson.md) as Joe
- [Louis Jean Heydt](https://film.one/person/louis-jean-heydt.md) as Greg Benson
- [Virginia Grey](https://film.one/person/virginia-grey.md) as Sarah
- [Priscilla Lawson](https://film.one/person/priscilla-lawson.md) as Mable
- [Claudia Coleman](https://film.one/person/claudia-coleman.md) as Mrs. Barton
- Arthur Aylesworth as Mr. Frank Barton
- Lulu Mae Bohrman as Saleslady
- [Claire McDowell](https://film.one/person/claire-mcdowell.md) as Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
- [Dewey Robinson](https://film.one/person/dewey-robinson.md) as Man on Roller Coaster
- Lester Dorr as Pilot (uncredited)
- [James Flavin](https://film.one/person/james-flavin.md) as Pilot (uncredited)
- Bert Moorhouse as Reporter (uncredited)
- Forbes Murray as Pilot in Cafe (uncredited)
- William H. O'Brien as Waiter (uncredited)
- Cyril Ring as N.A.A. Official (uncredited)
- [Byron Foulger](https://film.one/person/byron-foulger.md) as Designer (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Victor Fleming](https://film.one/person/victor-fleming.md): Director

## Writing

- [Vincent Lawrence](https://film.one/person/vincent-lawrence.md): Screenplay
- [Waldemar Young](https://film.one/person/waldemar-young.md): Screenplay
- [Frank Wead](https://film.one/person/frank-wead.md): Original Story

## Production

- [Louis D. Lighton](https://film.one/person/louis-d-lighton.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Ray June](https://film.one/person/ray-june.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Tom Held](https://film.one/person/tom-held.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- Douglas Shearer: Sound Director
- [Franz Waxman](https://film.one/person/franz-waxman.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- [Cedric Gibbons](https://film.one/person/cedric-gibbons.md): Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- [Dolly Tree](https://film.one/person/dolly-tree.md): Costume Designer

## Crew

- A. Arnold Gillespie: Special Effects

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