Winged Victory

Winged Victory

130 mins | Drama, War | Dec. 22, 1944

Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with Bobby Grills and Irving Miller, and the five struggle through the rigid training and grueling tests involved in becoming pilots. Not all of them succeed, and tragedy awaits for some.

Winged Victory

130 mins | Drama, War | Dec. 22, 1944

Winged Victory
Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with Bobby Grills and Irving Miller, and the five struggle through the rigid training and grueling tests involved in becoming pilots. Not all of them succeed, and tragedy awaits for some.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Winged Victory
Directors George Cukor
Writers Moss Hart

Cast

Lon McCallister

as Francis Davis

Jeanne Crain

as Helen

Edmond O'Brien

as Irving Miller

Judy Holliday

as Ruth Miller

Lee J. Cobb

as Doctor

Red Buttons

as Whitey / Andrews Sister

Karl Malden

as Adams

Jane Ball

as Jane Preston

Mark Daniels

as Alan William Ross

Jo-Carroll Dennison

as Dorothy Ross

Don Taylor

as Danny 'Pinkie' Scariano

Peter Lind Hayes

as O'Brien

Barry Nelson

as Bobby Crills

Rune Hultman

as Dave Anderson

Gary Merrill

as Captain McIntyre

George Reeves

as Lieutenant Thompson

Sascha Brastoff

as Carmen Miranda

Mario Lanza

as Chorus Member (uncredited)

Kenneth Utt

as Chorus Member (uncredited)

Philip Bourneuf

as Col. Gibney