Directed by:
John FordScreenplay:
Frank FentonCinematography:
Paul VogelComposer:
Jeff AlexanderCast:
John Wayne, Dan Dailey, Maureen O'Hara, Ward Bond, Ken Curtis, Edmund Lowe, Kenneth Tobey, Barry Kelley, Sig Ruman, Henry O'Neill, Dorothy Jordan, Les Tremayne (more)VOD (1)
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Cmdr. Frank "Spig" Wead was a pioneer aviator, renowned screenwriter and a man of war. The skies beckoned Spig to action; a crippling injury ultimately left him powerless to act, propelling him to discover the power of his pen. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
John Wayne
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
El Dorado (1966)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Dan Dailey
USA
Best movies:
The Mortal Storm (1940)
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
Maureen O'Hara
Ireland
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Parent Trap (1961)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Ward Bond
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Fury (1936)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Ken Curtis
USA
Best movies:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
The Last Hurrah (1958)
The Quiet Man (1952)
Edmund Lowe
USA
Best movies:
Chandu the Magician (1932)
I Love You Again (1940)
The Last Hurrah (1958)
Kenneth Tobey
USA
Best movies:
The Stratton Story (1949)
Airplane! (1980)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
Barry Kelley
USA
Best movies:
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Carrie (1952)
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Sig Ruman
German Empire
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
One, Two, Three (1961)
Henry O'Neill
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Dorothy Jordan
USA
Best movies:
The Searchers (1956)
The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
Les Tremayne
UK
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Goldfinger (1964)
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (1983)
May McAvoy
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Mae Marsh
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Bernadette (1943)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
William Tracy
USA
Best movies:
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Veda Ann Borg
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Willis Bouchey
USA
Best movies:
From Here to Eternity (1953)
The Big Heat (1953)
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1968)
James Flavin
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Chuck Roberson
USA
Best movies:
The Big Country (1958)
El Dorado (1966)
Spartacus (1960)
Dale Van Sickel
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)