The Flying Irishman (1939)
This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (40 hours worth) into the tiny, single engine plane. While expressing his intent to fly west to Long Beach, CA, Mr. Corrigan flew out of Floyd Bennett Field heading east over the Atlantic. Instrumentation in the plane included two compasses (both malfunctioned) and a turn-and-bank indicator. The cabin door was held shut with baling wire. Nearly 29 hours later, he landed in Baldonnel near Dublin. He forever claimed to be surprised at arriving in Ireland rather than California. He returned to the US as a hero, with a ticker tape parade in New York and received numerous medals and awards.
Director:
Leigh Jason
Writers:
Ernest Pagano, Dalton Trumbo.
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Douglas Corrigan as Douglas Corrigan |
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Eddie Quillan as Henry Corrigan |
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Paul Kelly as Butch Brannen |
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Robert Armstrong as Joe Alden |
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Gene Reynolds as Young Douglas Corrigan |
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Minor Watson as Airport Personnel Manager |
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Dorothy Peterson as Ma Corrigan |
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Scotty Beckett as Young Henry Corrigan |
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Peggy Ryan as Edith Corrigan |
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Becky Bohanon as Young Edith Corrigan |
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Donald MacBride as Roy Thompson |
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Cora Witherspoon as Mamie Thompson |
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Spencer Charters as Smedley |
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Dorothy Appleby as Maybelle |
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Joyce Compton as Sally |
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Roy Gordon as Dr. Howard |
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Grady Sutton as Clothing Store Sales Clerk |
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Marcia Mae Jones as Teenager |
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Edward Gargan as J.R. Robinson |
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Charles Williams as Car Repo Man |
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George Chandler as Airport Gas Attendant |
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Louis Jean Heydt as Airport Spectator |
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Knox Manning as Commentator |
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Don Barclay as Bettor |
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Leon Belasco as Russian Commentator |
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Frank Coghlan Jr. as Teenager Taking Photograph |
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Joe Cunningham as Second Man Grounding Doug in New York |
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Frank Faylen as New York Mechanic |
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Ralph Graves as First Man Grounding Doug in New York |
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Kenneth Harlan as Man at New York Airport |
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Olaf Hytten as Irish Airport Radio Operator |
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Lloyd Ingraham as Doctor Attending Mrs. Corrigan |
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Charles Irwin as Office at Ireland Airport |
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Tiny Jones as Flower Peddlar |
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Milton Kibbee as New York Airport Manager |
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Ann Kunde as Airplane Passenger |
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Dorothy Lovett as Telephone Operator |
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George Magrill as New York Airport Workman |
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Philip Morris as Mechanic |
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Horace Murphy as Drunk at New York Airport |
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Perry Noisom as Messenger |
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Lee Phelps as Mechanic Hiring Doug |
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Jack Rice as Airplane Owner Selling It to Corrigan |
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Billy Wayne as Photographer |
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Gayne Whitman as New York City Announcer |
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J.M. Kerrigan as Mr. Clyde Corrigan Sr. |
| Directing | Leigh Jason | Director |
| Writing | Ernest Pagano | Screenplay |
| Writing | Dalton Trumbo | Screenplay |
| Camera | J. Roy Hunt | Director of Photography |
