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The Wings of Eagles
1957 1h 50m Approved
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A biography of Navy flier-turned-screenwriter Frank W. "Spig" Wead.
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Directed By
John Ford
Written By
Frank Wead
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Cast of The Wings of Eagles
John Wayne
Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
Dan Dailey
'Jughead' Carson
Maureen O'Hara
Min Wead
Ward Bond
John Dodge
Ken Curtis
John Dale Price
Edmund Lowe
Adm. Moffett
Kenneth Tobey
Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard
James Todd
Jack Travis
Barry Kelley
Capt. Jock Clark
Sig Ruman
Manager
Henry O'Neill
Capt. Spear
Willis Bouchey
Barton
Dorothy Jordan
Rose Brentmann
Evelyn Rudie
Doris Wead
Chuck Roberson
Officer
Ray Baker
Captain
Peter Ortiz
Lt. Charles Dexter
The Wings of Eagles Reviews
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
This routine sentimental biopic is directed with much feeling by John Ford.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Christopher Lloyd
Wants to be epic in scope but ends up feeling like ham-fisted CliffsNotes version of a man's life. The film loiters way, way too long on Frank Wead's early days as a hell-raising test pilot, then skips ahead through long sections of his life.
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Emanuel Levy
Though sentimental as a biopic of Navy hero Frank (Sig) Wead, John Ford's film has old-fashioned charm, a result of John Wayne's lead performance and his chemistry with Maureen O'Hara.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A bizarre, but touching, comical biopic.
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