L'aigle vole au soleil (1957)
En 1919, Frank Wead, pilote et jeune officier de l'US Navy, a compris l'importance de développer l'aéronautique navale américaine. Il se heurte à l'incompréhension de ses supérieurs, mais, à force d'efforts, il parvient à faire valoir sa cause. Blessé dans une chute, il reste paralysé, et devient écrivain et scénariste. Après l'attaque de Pearl Harbor, Wead reprend du service et participe activement à la création d'escorteurs approvisionnant les portes avions pour remplacer rapidement les aéronefs endommagés ou détruits.
Directeur:
John Ford
écrivains:
Frank Fenton, William Wister Haines.
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John Wayne as Frank W. 'Spig' Wead |
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Dan Dailey as 'Jughead' Carson |
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Maureen O'Hara as Min Wead |
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Ward Bond as John Dodge |
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Ken Curtis as John Dale Price |
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Edmund Lowe as Adm. Moffett |
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Kenneth Tobey as Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard |
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James Todd as Jack Travis |
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Barry Kelley as Capt. Jock Clark |
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Sig Ruman as Manager |
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Henry O'Neill as Capt. Spear |
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Willis Bouchey as Barton |
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Dorothy Jordan as Rose Brentmann |
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Evelyn Rudie as Doris Wead |
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Chuck Roberson as Officer |
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Ray Baker as Captain |
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Peter Ortiz as Lt. Charles Dexter |
| Directing | John Ford | Director |
| Writing | Frank Fenton | Screenplay |
| Writing | William Wister Haines | Screenplay |
| Writing | Frank Wead | Writer |
| Crew | A. Arnold Gillespie | Special Effects |
| Crew | Warren Newcombe | Special Effects |
| Crew | John Dale Price | Technical Advisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Walter Plunkett | Wardrobe Master |
| Sound | Wesley C. Miller | Sound Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Tuttle | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Ronnie Rondell Jr. | Stunts |
| Production | Charles Schnee | Producer |
| Production | James E. Newcom | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Jeff Alexander | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Paul Vogel | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Gene Ruggiero | Editor |
| Art | Malcolm Brown | Art Direction |
| Art | William A. Horning | Art Direction |
| Art | F. Keogh Gleason | Set Decoration |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Wingate Smith | Assistant Director |
