Ships with Wings

Sergei Nolbandov
1941-11-10


4
103 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
John Clements Lt. Dick Stacey Unowned
Leslie Banks Vice Adm. David Wetherby Unowned
Jane Baxter Celia Wetherby Unowned
Ann Todd Kay Gordon Unowned
Basil Sydney Capt. Fairfax Unowned
Edward Chapman Papadopoulos Unowned
Hugh Williams Wagner Unowned
Frank Pettingell Fields Unowned
Michael Wilding Lieut. Grant Unowned
Michael Rennie Lieut. Maxwell Unowned
Cecil Parker German Air Marshal Unowned
John Stuart Commdr. Hood Unowned
Frank Cellier Gen. Scarappa Unowned
Morland Graham C.P.O.Marsden Unowned
Charles Victor MacDermott Unowned
Hugh Burden Sub.Lt. Weatherby Unowned
Betty Marsden Jean Unowned
George Merritt Surgeon Comdr. Unowned
John Laurie Lt.Comdr. Reid Unowned
Charles Stuart Von Rittau Unowned
Clive Baxter Boy Unowned
Ian Fleming Colonel Unowned
Elizabeth Pengally Girl Unowned
Graham Penley Sailor Unowned
Charles Russell Sailor Unowned
Robert Brooks Turner German soldier[scene with Cecil Parker] Unowned