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Ships with Wings

1941

103 minutes

WarDrama

Overview

Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regarded the last of the conventional, rather stiff 1930's style Ealing war films, to be succeeded by much more realism and better storytelling.

Top Cast

John Clements headshot

John Clements

Lt. Dick Stacey

Leslie Banks headshot

Leslie Banks

Vice Adm. David Wetherby

Jane Baxter headshot

Jane Baxter

Celia Wetherby

Ann Todd headshot

Ann Todd

Kay Gordon

Basil Sydney headshot

Basil Sydney

Capt. Fairfax

Edward Chapman headshot

Edward Chapman

Papadopoulos

Hugh Williams headshot

Hugh Williams

Wagner

Frank Pettingell headshot

Frank Pettingell

Fields

Michael Wilding headshot

Michael Wilding

Lieut. Grant

Michael Rennie headshot

Michael Rennie

Lieut. Maxwell

Cecil Parker headshot

Cecil Parker

German Air Marshal

John Stuart headshot

John Stuart

Commdr. Hood

Frank Cellier headshot

Frank Cellier

Gen. Scarappa

Morland Graham headshot

Morland Graham

C.P.O.Marsden

Charles Victor headshot

Charles Victor

MacDermott

Hugh Burden headshot

Hugh Burden

Sub.Lt. Weatherby

Betty Marsden headshot

Betty Marsden

Jean

George Merritt headshot

George Merritt

Surgeon Comdr.

John Laurie headshot

John Laurie

Lt.Comdr. Reid

Charles Stuart headshot

Charles Stuart

Von Rittau

Clive Baxter headshot

Clive Baxter

Boy

Ian Fleming headshot

Ian Fleming

Colonel

Elizabeth Pengally headshot

Elizabeth Pengally

Girl

Graham Penley headshot

Graham Penley

Sailor

Charles Russell headshot

Charles Russell

Sailor

Robert Brooks Turner headshot

Robert Brooks Turner

German soldier[scene with Cecil Parker]

George Spence headshot

George Spence

SS Officer (uncredited)