The Wings of Eagles

Jan 31, 1957

1h 50m

★ 6.2

THE SKY IS THE LIMIT for Fun, Thrills, Excitement!

Overview

The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.

Genres

Drama

War

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Frank W. 'Spig' Wead

John Wayne

'Jughead' Carson

Dan Dailey

Min Wead

Maureen O'Hara

John Dodge

Ward Bond

John Dale Price

Ken Curtis

Adm. Moffett

Edmund Lowe

Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard

Kenneth Tobey

Jack Travis

James Todd

Capt. Jock Clark

Barry Kelley

Manager

Sig Ruman

Capt. Spear

Henry O'Neill

Barton

Willis Bouchey

After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott and his pals spend the next two decades promoting the superiority of naval air power. But military and political "red tape" continually frustrate their efforts, prompting Scott to even consider leaving the Navy for a more lucrative civilian job. Then the world enters a second World War and Scott finally gets the opportunity to prove to Washington the valuable role aircraft carriers could play in winning the conflict. But what will it cost him and his comrades personally?

4.9

A Glimpse of Hell

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6.6

The Americanization of Emily

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0.0

Down Where the Buffalo Go

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6.4

We Dive at Dawn

Apr 15, 1943

A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their families, and sent on a secret mission to intercept the Nazi battleship Brandenburg. In the ensuing battle the British submarine is damaged by a German destroyer. The submarine is leaking fuel so badly that the crew won't be able to make it back to Britain before running out somewhere along the Danish coast. When it seems that their only option may be to blow up the submarine and try to escape to Denmark, seaman James Hobson hatches a plan...

6.8

Chronicle

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Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.

3.2

Sub Down

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4.4

You're in the Navy Now

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When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experimental steam engine, he hopes that the U.S.S. Teakettle's veterans will afford him enough help to accomplish the ship's goals. Unfortunately, he finds the crew and its officers share his novice status or only have experience in diesel engines.

5.6

Flying Lessons

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5.0

The Woman from Monte Carlo

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On the eve of WW-I the French Navy ship Lafayette returns to its Toulon base for one night. There is no shore leave, although wives are permitted to come to a party. The strain of command on the older captain and his new, young wife is very great.

6.5

Northern Limit Line

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6.5

Act of Valor

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When a covert mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative uncovers a chilling plot, an elite, highly trained U.S. SEAL team speeds to hotspots around the globe, racing against the clock to stop a deadly terrorist attack.

4.2

Flat Top

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A rock hard commander trains Navy Carrier Pilots during the Second World War

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0.0

Untitled Crimson Tide Sequel

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The sequel to 1995 nuclear submarine thriller. Plot TBA.

5.9

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

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Lieutenant Rip Crandall is hoodwinked into taking command of the "Wackiest Ship in the Navy" – a real garbage scow with a crew of misfits who don't know a jib from a jigger. What none of them knows, including Crandall, is that this ship has a very important top-secret mission to complete in waters patrolled by the Japanese fleet. Their mission will save hundreds of allied lives – if only they can get there in one piece.

5.9

Anarkali

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