Ceiling Zero

Ceiling Zero
Theatrical film poster
Directed by	Howard Hawks
Screenplay by	Frank Wead
Based on	the play Ceiling Zero by Frank Wead
Produced by	Jack L. Warner Hal Wallis
Starring	James Cagney Pat O'Brien
Cinematography	Arthur Edeson
Edited by	William Holmes
Music by	M.K. Jerome Bernhard Kaun
Production company	Cosmopolitan Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	January 16, 1936 (1936-01-16) (U.S.)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Ceiling Zero is a 1936 American adventure drama film directed by Howard Hawks and starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. The picture stars Cagney as daredevil womanizing pilot "Dizzy" Davis and O'Brien as Jake Lee, his war veteran buddy and the operations manager of an airline company. Based on a stage play of the same name, the film blends drama with some light comedy. The title, as defined at the beginning of the picture, is an insider term referring to those moments when the sky is so thick with fog that navigating an aircraft is nearly impossible.