Movie Details
Original Language:English
The Flying Doctor
DirectorMiles Mander
Plot
The reallife Flying Medical Association of Australia was the inspiration for the boxoffice hit The Flying Doctor Hollywoods Charles Farrell is cast as sundowner Sandy Nelson who aspires to tend to the sick in the Austrian outback He gets his chance when he joins the FMA taking aviation training to become a flying doctor Nelson proves his mettle during a medical emergency in which hes required to ship supplies to a remote desolate and virtually impenetrable region The Flying Doctor was also the title of a late 1950s series again based on the exploits of the FMA and again featuring an American screen favorite Richard Denning in the lead
