Mickey Braun. a young man who is in the jet core has "storm phobia" and all of a sudden is yanked out of service, so begins "Clipped Wings" a film that dives headfirst into ridiculousness shortly after it's dramatic beginning. Shortly after he's kicked out, he meets a girl, Molly and her shifty ex-pilot brother Raoul, played so feyly by Jason Robards (!!) you almost feel he's playing Paul Lynde. Soon, Paul Lynde.. er. Robards gets a telegram, and has to get back to his country home But Molly is suspicious of his brother, so Mickey and Molly (!!) decide to follow Raoul back to the country house to see what's going on. From there it's anyone's guess what the hell is happening. There's an oil smuggling ring going on, an FBI agent who is undercover with the gang, the even seedier leader of the gang, the Mexican assistant and so on. So much plot is going on, and so much stuff is thrown at you, and sort of left dangling (whatever became of the oil smuggling operation?) that you're beyond caring. It doesn't help that the Big Action Sequence at the end with two planes winds up duller than a door knob. I think it's best said during s sequence when one of the bad guys goes off, Molly asks Mickey, "Where's he going?" Mickey says, "I Don't Know". Exactly how I feel about this movie..
Review of Clipped Wings
