The Wings of Eagles

The Wings of Eagles

110 mins | Drama, War | Jan. 31, 1957

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

The Wings of Eagles

110 mins | Drama, War | Jan. 31, 1957

The Wings of Eagles
The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Wings of Eagles
Directors Wingate Smith, John Ford
Writers Frank Wead, William Wister Haines, Frank Fenton

Cast

John Wayne

as Frank W. 'Spig' Wead

Dan Dailey

as 'Jughead' Carson

Maureen O'Hara

as Min Wead

Ward Bond

as John Dodge

Ken Curtis

as John Dale Price

Edmund Lowe

as Adm. Moffett

Kenneth Tobey

as Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard

James Todd

as Jack Travis

Barry Kelley

as Capt. Jock Clark

Sig Ruman

as Manager

Henry O'Neill

as Capt. Spear

Willis Bouchey

as Barton

Dorothy Jordan

as Rose Brentmann

Evelyn Rudie

as Doris Wead (uncredited)

Chuck Roberson

as Officer

Ray Baker

as Captain (uncredited)