Synopsis
WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the early years of civil airline service, after his plane crashed in the South Pacific in late 1942.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Lloyd BaconDirector
- John Tucker BattleScreenplay
Cast
- Fred MacMurrayEddie Rickenbacker
- Lynn BariAdelaide Frost Rickenbacker
- Charles BickfordWilliam Rickenbacker
- Thomas MitchellIke Howard
- Lloyd NolanLt. Jim Whitaker
- James GleasonTom Clark
- Spring ByingtonMrs. Frost
- Mary PhilipsElsie Rickenbacker
- Darryl HickmanEddie Rickenbacker as a boy
- Dwayne HickmanLouis Rickenbacker
- Richard ContePvt. John Bartek
- Stanley RidgesCol. Hans Adamson
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Themes
biographyaviator