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Wing and a Prayer

Release Year
1944
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Action
Drama
War
Directed By
Henry Hathaway
Wing and a Prayer

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.

Cast & Crew

Cast

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)

Crew

Henry Hathaway

Director

Jerome Cady

Screenplay

Glen MacWilliams

Director of Photography

J. Watson Webb Jr.

Editor

William A. Bacher

Producer

Walter Morosco

Producer

Jerome Cady

Story

Lewis H. Creber

Art Direction

Lyle R. Wheeler

Art Direction

Thomas Little

Set Decoration

Raymond A. Klune

Production Manager

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