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The Wings Of Eagles

1957, Movie, NR, 110 mins

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An intensely personal and little-seen Ford film that serves as a biography of his close personal friend Frank W. "Spig" Wead, a career Navy man and writer who was one of the pioneers of naval aviation. Wead had written the screenplays for such aviation classics as Frank Capra's DIRIGIBLE, Howard Hawks's CEILING ZERO, Victor Fleming's TEST PILOT, King Vidor's THE CITADEL, and two Ford pictures, AIR MAIL and THEY WERE EXPENDABLE. Wayne turns in one of his best performances as ... read more leave a comment
Year: 1957
Rated NR

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Cast
John Wayne: Frank W. "Spig" Wead
Maureen O'Hara: Minnie Wead
Dan Dailey: "Jughead" Carson
Ward Bond: John Dodge
Ken Curtis: John Dale Price
Edmund Lowe: Adm. Moffett

 

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