Ships with Wings (1941)
Overview
Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regarded the last of the conventional, rather stiff 1930's style Ealing war films, to be succeeded by much more realism and better storytelling.
Cast
John Clements
Lt. Dick Stacey
Leslie Banks
Vice Adm. David Wetherby
Jane Baxter
Celia Wetherby
Ann Todd
Kay Gordon
Basil Sydney
Capt. Fairfax
Edward Chapman
Papadopoulos
Hugh Williams
Wagner
Frank Pettingell
Fields
Michael Wilding
Lieut. Grant
Michael Rennie
Lieut. Maxwell
Cecil Parker
German Air Marshal
John Stuart
Commdr. Hood
Frank Cellier
Gen. Scarappa
Morland Graham
C.P.O.Marsden
Charles Victor
MacDermott
Hugh Burden
Sub.Lt. Weatherby
Betty Marsden
Jean
George Merritt
Surgeon Comdr.
John Laurie
Lt.Comdr. ReidRecommendations
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