Winged Victory (film)

Winged Victory
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Directed by	George Cukor
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Written by	Moss Hart, based upon his play
Starring	Lon McCallister Jeanne Crain Red Buttons Don Taylor
Distributed by	20th Century Fox in association with the U.S. Army Air Forces
Release date(s)	December 22, 1944
Country	United States
Language	English

Winged Victory is a 1944 American drama film directed by George Cukor, a joint effort of 20th Century Fox and the U.S. Army Air Forces. Based upon the play of the same name by Moss Hart, who also wrote the screenplay, the film only opened after the play's theatre run.

Plot

Frankie Davis (Lon McCallister), Allan Ross (Mark Daniels) and Pinkie Scariano (Don Taylor) join the U.S. Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they befriend Irving Miller (Edmond O'Brien) and Bobby Grills (Barry Nelson). The five friends go through the training process to become pilots, facing success, failure and tragedy.

Cast

Lon McCallister as Frankie Davis
Jeanne Crain as Helen
Edmond O'Brien as Irving Miller
Jane Ball as Jane Preston
Mark Daniels as Alan Ross
Jo-Carroll Dennison as Dorothy Ross
Don Taylor as Danny 'Pinkie' Scariano
Judy Holliday as Ruth Miller
Lee J. Cobb as Doctor
Peter Lind Hayes as O'Brien
Red Buttons as Whitey / Andrews Sister
Barry Nelson as Bobby Crills
Rune Hultman as Dave Anderson
Gary Merrill as Capt. McIntyre
George Reeves as Lt. Thompson

External links

Internet Movie Database

v t e Films directed by George Cukor

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1940s	Susan and God (1940) The Philadelphia Story (1940) A Woman's Face (1941) Two-Faced Woman (1941) Her Cardboard Lover (1942) Keeper of the Flame (1942) Gaslight (1944) Winged Victory (1944) A Double Life (1947) Edward, My Son (1949) Adam's Rib (1949)

1950s	A Life of Her Own (1950) Born Yesterday (1950) The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951) The Marrying Kind (1952) Pat and Mike (1952) The Actress (1953) It Should Happen to You (1954) A Star Is Born (1954) Bhowani Junction (1956) Les Girls (1957) Wild Is the Wind (1957)

1960s	Heller in Pink Tights (1960) Let's Make Love (1960) Something's Got to Give (1962) The Chapman Report (1962) My Fair Lady (1964) Justine (1969)

1970s	Travels with My Aunt (1972) Love Among the Ruins (1975) The Blue Bird (1976) The Corn is Green (1979)

1980s	Rich and Famous (1981)

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