MovieReleasedWarActionDrama

Wing and a Prayer

"THE MOST DANGEROUS MISSION IN THE WAR!"

Rating6.5/10

Release1944

Runtime1h 37m

Votes12

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.

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Original Language

Release Date

January 1, 1944

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Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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

(archive footage)

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