Hardbitten Col. Stockton trains young pilots for cargo flights, and forces W.R. "Stag" Cahill back into service to assist him. Stockton tries to drop his son Ken from the program, believing him unequal to the task, while tensions grow between Cahill and Ken when they both fall in love with Meg. Everyone is put to the test when the plane with Cahill and Ken crash lands and the duo are stranded in the icy Arctic, and Stockton and his trainees try to save them.

  

Richard Dix.....Captain W.R. 'Stag' Cahill
Chester Morris.....Kenneth 'Ken' Stockton
Joan Fontaine.....Meg Lawrence

Sky Giant was released by RKO on July 22, 1938.