Men of the Fighting Lady (1954)
A writer visits an aircraft carrier during the Korean war to learn more about it and the way it's run. He also gets to find out more about the Navy and Marine aviators themselves, their internal and external conflicts and dangers of their job.
Director:
Andrew Marton
Writer:
Art Cohn
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Van Johnson as Lt. Thayer |
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Walter Pidgeon as Cmdr. Dowling |
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Louis Calhern as James A. Michener |
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Dewey Martin as Schecter |
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Keenan Wynn as Lt. Cmdr. Dodson |
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Frank Lovejoy as Lt. Cmdr. Grayson |
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Robert Horton as Ensign Neil Conovan |
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Bert Freed as Lt. (jg) Andrew Szymanski |
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Lewis Martin as Comdr. Michael Coughlin |
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George Cooper as Cyril Roberts |
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Dick Simmons as Lt. Wayne Kimbrell |
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Jerry Mathers as Richard Dodson |
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Steve Rowland as Pilot Johnson |
| Directing | Andrew Marton | Director |
| Writing | James Michener | Story |
| Writing | Harry A. Burns | Story |
| Writing | Art Cohn | Screenplay |
| Production | Henry Berman | Producer |
| Sound | Miklós Rózsa | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | George J. Folsey | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Gene Ruggiero | Editor |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Art | Paul Groesse | Art Direction |
| Art | F. Keogh Gleason | Set Decoration |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Joel Freeman | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Al Jennings | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Tuttle | Makeup Artist |