This is a so-so film that was remade into the so-so Always. Just to make matters worse, there is no one named Joe. Spencer Tracy plays Pete, a WWII fighter pilot with a best friend and a girlfriend (the always irritating Irene Dunne). When Pete dies, he becomes a specialized guardian angel, training pilots from the beyond. Eventually, his trainee falls in love with his former girlfriend.
The movie features an absolutely outstanding performance by Tracy -- even for Tracy, and some nice stuff about letting go. It also features some mixed patriotic/metaphysical preaching about war or honor or something that was so gobbledygooky I failed to understand it -- and I LIKE that sort of thing. 6/10
The movie features an absolutely outstanding performance by Tracy -- even for Tracy, and some nice stuff about letting go. It also features some mixed patriotic/metaphysical preaching about war or honor or something that was so gobbledygooky I failed to understand it -- and I LIKE that sort of thing. 6/10