Wing and a Prayer

1h 37m
WarActionDrama
6.5

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
(archive footage)

Crew

Henry Hathaway
Director
Jerome Cady
Screenplay, Story
J. Watson Webb Jr.
Editor
Glen MacWilliams
Director of Photography
William A. Bacher
Producer
Walter Morosco
Producer
Hugo Friedhofer
Original Music Composer
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Raymond A. Klune
Production Manager
Lewis H. Creber
Art Direction
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction

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