Wing and a Prayer (1944)
Overview
An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat, thus lulling Japanese alertness before the battle of Midway.
Cast
Don Ameche
Bingo Harper
Dana Andrews
Edward Moulton
William Eythe
Hallam "Oscar" Scott
Charles Bickford
Captain Waddell
Cedric Hardwicke
Admiral
Kevin O'Shea
Charles "Cookie" Cunningham
Richard Jaeckel
Beezy Bessemer
Harry Morgan
Malcolm Brainard
Alice Faye
(archive footage)
Betty Grable
(archive footage)
Billy Gilbert
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