Title A Guy Named Joe Overview Pete Sandidge Tracy , a daredevil bomber pilot, dies when he crashes his plane into a German aircraft carrier, leaving his devoted girlfriend, Dorinda Irene Dunne , who is also a pilot, heartbroken. In heaven, Pete receives a new assignment he is to become the guardian angel for Ted Randall Van Johnson , a young Army flyer. Invisibly, Pete guides Ted through flight school and into combat, but the ectoplasmic mentor's tolerance is tested when Ted falls for Dorinda. Ultimately, however, Pete not only comes to terms with their relationship but also acts as Dorinda's copilot when she undertakes a dangerous bombing raid, so that Ted won't have to. Remade by Steven Speilberg in 1989 as ALWAYS Tagline A GUY - A GAL - A PAL - It's Swell! Genres Drama, Romance, War Keywords pilot, airplane, ghost Production Companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 120 Release Year 1944
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 5 million USD