United Kingdom / Nov 10, 1941
Ships with Wings (1941)
Directed by Sergei Nolbandov
1h 43minruntime
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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. Reid |
| Charles Stuart | Von Rittau |
| Clive Baxter | Boy |
| Ian Fleming | Colonel |
| Elizabeth Pengally | Girl |
| Graham Penley | Sailor |
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| Charles Russell | Sailor |
| Robert Brooks Turner | German soldier[scene with Cecil Parker] |
| George Spence | SS Officer (uncredited) |
Genres
WarDrama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Ships with Wings |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Ealing Studios |
| Release date | 10 novembre 1941 |
| Production | S.C. Balcon, Michael Balcon |
| Writer | Patrick Kirwan, Austin Melford, Diana Morgan, Sergei Nolbandov |
| Editing | Robert Hamer |
| Cinematography | Wilkie Cooper, Mutz Greenbaum, Roy Kellino, Eric Cross, Hal Britten |
| Assistant directors | Sergei Nolbandov |
| Camera operators | Hal Britten, Eric Cross |
| Additional photography | Hal Britten, Eric Cross |
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| Production design | Wilfred Shingleton |
| Art direction | Wilfred Shingleton |
| Set decoration | Wilfred Shingleton |
| Special effects | Roy Kellino, Norman Ough, C. Richardson, Douglas Woolsey |
| Music | Geoffrey Wright, Eric Williams, Norman Daines, Ernest Irving |
| Sound | Geoffrey Wright, Eric Williams, Norman Daines, Ernest Irving |
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