''The Black Parachute'' is a 1944 American

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about navy, naval, air force, air, or army, land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle s ...

directed by Lew Landers and starring

John Carradine John Carradine ( ; born Richmond Reed Carradine; February 5, 1906 – November 27, 1988) was an American actor, considered one of the greatest character actors in American cinema. He was a member of Cecil B. DeMille's stock company and later ...

Osa Massen Osa Massen (born Aase Madsen Iversen, 13 January 1914 – 2 January 2006) was a Danish actress who became a successful movie actress in Hollywood. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1941. Background and early career Bo ...

and

Larry Parks Samuel Lawrence Klausman Parks (December 13, 1914 – April 13, 1975) was an American stage and film actor. His career arced from bit player and supporting roles to top billing, before it was virtually ended when he admitted to having once been ...

. The ''

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'' said the film had "an engrossing story and is graced by excellent acting - notably that of the young Larry Parks". The ''

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'' said the film was "very tensely contrived for its type".Jane Powell, Child Singing Star, Debuts Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 7 June 1944: A8.

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* * 1944 films 1940s war drama films American black-and-white films American war drama films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Lew Landers Films scored by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco World War II films made in wartime 1944 drama films 1940s English-language films {{WWII-drama-film-stub