The Wild Blue Yonder

Dec 5, 1951

1h 38m

★ 6.0

HELL-RIDERS OF THE SKY!

Overview

Wendell Corey and Forrest Tucker star as a pair of World War II Army Air Corps officers. In between their battles over the affections of a beautiful nurse, Corey and Tucker prepare to fly a bombing mission in the South Pacific. Before boarding their B29 Superfortress, Tucker appears to be chickening out, but he's steadfastly at his cockpit post at takeoff time.

Genres

War

Drama

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

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Cast

Capt. Harold Calvert

Wendell Corey

Lt. Helen Landers

Vera Ralston

Maj. Tom West

Forrest Tucker

Sgt. Hank Stack

Phil Harris

Maj. Gen. Wolfe

Walter Brennan

Lt. Ted Cranshaw

William Ching

Maj. Ida Winton

Ruth Donnelly

Sgt. Shaker Schuker

Harry Carey, Jr.

Connie Hudson

Penny Edwards

Sgt. Pulaski

Wally Cassell

Sgt. Pop Davis

James Brown

Cpl. Frenchy

Richard Erdman

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