Captain Eddie

Captain Eddie

108 mins | Drama | June 18, 1945

WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the early years of civil airline service, after his plane crashed in the South Pacific in late 1942.

Captain Eddie

108 mins | Drama | June 18, 1945

Captain Eddie
WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the early years of civil airline service, after his plane crashed in the South Pacific in late 1942.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers 20th Century Fox, Eureka Pictures
Original title Captain Eddie
Directors Lloyd Bacon
Writers John Tucker Battle

Cast

Fred MacMurray

as Eddie Rickenbacker

Lynn Bari

as Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker

Charles Bickford

as William Rickenbacker

Thomas Mitchell

as Ike Howard

Lloyd Nolan

as Lt. Jim Whitaker

James Gleason

as Tom Clark

Spring Byington

as Mrs. Frost

Mary Philips

as Elsie Rickenbacker

Darryl Hickman

as Eddie Rickenbacker as a boy

Dwayne Hickman

as Louis Rickenbacker

Richard Conte

as Pvt. John Bartek

Stanley Ridges

as Col. Hans Adamson

Dorothy Adams

as Nurse

Mary Gordon

as Mrs. Westrom

Virginia Brissac

as Flo Clark

Charles Russell

as Sgt. Jim Reynolds

Clem Bevans

as Jabez

Grady Sutton

as Lester Thomas

Chick Chandler

as Richard Lacey

Nancy June Robinson

as Mary Rickenbacker

Winifred Glyn

as Emma Rickenbacker

Gregory Marshall

as Dewey Rickenbacker

David Spencer

as Albert Rickenbacker

Elvin Field

as Bill Rickenbacker

George Mitchell

as Lt. Johnny De Angelis

Boyd Davis

as Mr. Frost

Don Garner

as Sgt. Alex

Joseph J. Greene

as Dinkenspiel

Olin Howland

as Census Taker

Robert Malcolm

as Mr. Foley

Leila McIntyre

as Mrs. Foley

Harry Shannon

as Simmons

Peter Garey

as Freddie

Fred Essler

as Prof. Montague

Lotte Stein

as Mme. Montagne

Earle S. Dewey

as Dr. Campbell