Flying Fortress (1942)
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Synopsis of Flying Fortress
Produced by Britain's Teddington Studios on behalf of Warner Bros., The Flying Fortress stars Richard Greene, who had to be furloughed from the Army to participate in this wartime morale-booster. Greene plays millionaire playboy Jim Spence, a carefree aviation enthusiast whose avocation becomes his vocation when the war breaks out. Giving up wine, women and song for the duration (well, at least wine and song), Spence mans the controls of a British "flying fortress" for periodic bombing forays over Berlin. The film's "money scene" finds Spence clambering out of his plane to repair a hole in its side in mid-air-a bit of bravado which, amazingly, is based on a true incident. For unknown reasons, Flying Fortress was heavily edited for its American release, rendering its storyline a tad hard to follow at times. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Flying Fortress
- Richard Greene - Jim Spence, Jr.
- Betty Stockfeld - Lady Deborah Ottershaw
- Charles Heslop - Harrington
- Basil Radford - Capt. Wilkenson
- Edward Rigby - Dan Billings
- Peter Croft
- Frank Wilcox - Judge
- Hubert Gregg
- John Stuart - Captain Harvey
- William Hartnell - Drunk Taxi-driver
- Percy Parsons - Coroner
- Carla Lehmann - Sydney Kelly
- Donald Stewart - Sky Kelly
- Sydney King - Lord Ottershaw
- Joss Ambler - Sheepshead
- Robert Beatty - Connor, Scandal Photographer
- John Slater - Air Raid Warden
- Gerry Wilmot - Control Tower Operator
- John Boxer
- Tom Duggan
- Andrea Malandrinos
- Director(s):
- Walter Forde
- Writer(s):
- Edward Dryhurst, Gordon Wellesley, Brock Williams
- Producer(s):
- Max Milner
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