20th Century Fox and all the other Hollywood studios for that matter released lots of World War 2 propaganda films to rally the American public in the fight against fascism and what the heck make a few dollars as well.
A Yank In The R.A.F. is a pretty good example of this type of film. Fox had two of their biggest stars Tyrone Power and Betty Grable as the romantic leads and Henry King one of their best studio directors sheparding this stuff.
The film is basically a romantic triangle with Betty torn between the upstanding British Officer in love with her and the bad boy American flyer played by Power, who she is obviously attracted to. Throw in a little shoot em up airplane action and lots of romantic fluff with two attractive stars and how could you miss with this film.
Tyrone Power to his credit does try to make his character interesting. Betty Grable is Betty Grable. In a film with Betty Grable it's all about her famous legs, so the audience is treated to several musical numbers where she performs in a nightclub while volunteering in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force by day.
Anyway, the film is entertaining and runs 98 minutes. It was written by Karl Tunberg and Darryl Ware, but it has all the imprints of the producer Daryl F. Zanuck all over it.
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