Wing and a Prayer
THE MOST DANGEROUS MISSION IN THE WAR!
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1/1/1944Runtime
97 minsOverview
An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat, thus lulling Japanese alertness before the battle of Midway.
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A wartime drama about naval aviators on a high-stakes decoy mission that builds tension through the contradiction of being ordered to flee while enemies close in. The film balances intimate character moments with the grand machinery of naval warfare.
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Don Ameche
Bingo Harper
Dana Andrews
Edward Moulton
William Eythe
Hallam "Oscar" Scott
Charles Bickford
Captain Waddell
Cedric Hardwicke
Admiral
Kevin O'Shea
Charles "Cookie" Cunningham
Richard Jaeckel
Beezy Bessemer
Harry Morgan
Malcolm Brainard
Alice Faye
(archive footage)
Betty Grable
(archive footage)
Billy Gilbert
(archive footage)
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