The McConnell Story (1955)
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Alan Ladd plays real-life air force hero Captain Joseph McConnell Jr. in this inspirational biopic, while June Allyson does her usual as McConnell's anxious, waiting-nervously-at-home wife. Assigned to the medical corps during WWII, McConnell takes private flying lessons so that he'll qualify for pilot duty. After serving with distinction in the war, McConnell becomes a pioneer in the testing of jet aircraft. The film ends when McConnell dies while testing a new Sabre Jet. If June Allyson seems genuinely broken up upon learning of her screen husband's death, it may be because the real Captain Joseph McConnell died only a few weeks before filming started on The McConnell Story, necessitating a hurriedly rescripted ending. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Alan Ladd - Joseph C. "Mac" McConnell, Jr.
- James Whitmore - Ty Whitman
- Robert Ellis - Bob
- Sarah Selby - Mom
- Frank Ferguson - Mechanic
- Perry Lopez - Red
- John M. Pickard - Second MP
- June Allyson - Pearl "Butch" Brown
- Frank Faylen - Sgt. Sykes
- Willis B. Bouchey - Newton Bass
- Gregory Walcott - First MP
- Dabbs Greer - Pilot Instructor
- Vera Marshe - Woman
- Edward Platt - Medical Corps Instructor
- Director(s):
- Gordon M. Douglas
- Writer(s):
- Sam Rolfe, Ted Sherdeman
- Producer(s):
- Henry Blanke
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