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Thunder Birds (1942)

Thunder Birds (1942)
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On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War One pilot Steve Britt (Preston Foster) trains flyers to fight in World War Two. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Stackhouse (John Sutton), competes with Britt for the affections of Kay Saunders (Gene Tierney), the daughter of a local rancher. Despite their differences, Britt makes sure Sutton passes his training and becomes a combat pilot -- even though he loses Kay to the young man in the process. Note the photos of director (and former flying ace) Wellman, which are used as the pictures of Sutton's father displayed by Britt and Sutton's grandmother, Lady Stackhouse (Dame May Whitty). ~ Nicole Gagne, Rovi

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Starring:
Gene Tierney, Preston S. Foster, (more)
Director(s):
William Wellman
Format(s):
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Synopsis of Thunder Birds

On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War One pilot Steve Britt (Preston Foster) trains flyers to fight in World War Two. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Stackhouse (John Sutton), competes with Britt for the affections of Kay Saunders (Gene Tierney), the daughter of a local rancher. Despite their differences, Britt makes sure Sutton passes his training and becomes a combat pilot -- even though he loses Kay to the young man in the process. Note the photos of director (and former flying ace) Wellman, which are used as the pictures of Sutton's father displayed by Britt and Sutton's grandmother, Lady Stackhouse (Dame May Whitty). ~ Nicole Gagne, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
78 mins

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Director(s):
William Wellman
Writer(s):
Lamar Trotti, Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer(s):
Lamar Trotti
Categories:
War, Romance
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    Thomas B.

    Thunder Birds is classic World War II propaganda film. It is the simple story of a veteran pilot, Preston Foster, who trains young American, Chinese and British men to fly at the Thunderbird field in Arizona in 1942. One of his students is a British doctor, John Sutton, who suffers from motion sickness. They both fall in love with a rancher's granddaughter, Gene Tierney, who lives down the road. This movie is in Technicolor and many of scenes look great. There are many patriotic speeches and features one of the great scenes in movie history. Beautiful Gene Tierney, on a cook out, takes 4 hotdogs and puts them on a hamburger bun and eats the whole thing. It doesn't get any better than that!

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