The Wings of Eagles

6.2
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Run time: 110 min
  • Premiere: 1957. January 31.

The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.

Discover

John Wayne

Frank W. 'Spig' Wead

Dan Dailey

'Jughead' Carson

Maureen O'Hara

Min Wead

Ward Bond

John Dodge

Ken Curtis

John Dale Price

Edmund Lowe

Adm. Moffett

Kenneth Tobey

Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard

James Todd

Jack Travis

Barry Kelley

Capt. Jock Clark

Sig Ruman

Manager

Henry O'Neill

Capt. Spear

Dorothy Jordan

Rose Brentmann

Evelyn Rudie

Doris Wead

Ray Baker

Captain

Peter Ortiz

Lt. Charles Dexter

Art

Malcolm Brown

Art Direction

William A. Horning

Art Direction

F. Keogh Gleason

Set Decoration

Edwin B. Willis

Set Decoration

Camera

Paul Vogel

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Walter Plunkett

Wardrobe Master

William Tuttle

Makeup Artist

Crew

A. Arnold Gillespie

Special Effects

Warren Newcombe

Special Effects

John Dale Price

Technical Advisor

Directing

John Ford

Director

Wingate Smith

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Charles Schnee

Producer

James E. Newcom

Associate Producer

Sound

Wesley C. Miller

Sound Supervisor

Jeff Alexander

Original Music Composer

Writing

Frank Fenton

Screenplay

Frank Wead

Writer