Wing and a Prayer (1944)
THE MOST DANGEROUS MISSION IN THE WAR!
1944 · PG · 1h 37m · War, Action, Drama
Genres: War, Action, Drama
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.
Director: Henry Hathaway
Writers: Jerome Cady
Music by: Hugo Friedhofer
Cinematography: Glen MacWilliams
Editor: J. Watson Webb Jr.
Cast
Don Ameche as Bingo HarperDana Andrews as Edward MoultonWilliam Eythe as Hallam "Oscar" ScottCharles Bickford as Captain WaddellCedric Hardwicke as AdmiralKevin O'Shea as Charles "Cookie" CunninghamRichard Jaeckel as Beezy BessemerHarry Morgan as Malcolm BrainardAlice Faye as (archive footage)Betty Grable as (archive footage)Billy Gilbert as (archive footage)More like this
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