Ships with Wings

Overview

Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regarded the last of the conventional, rather stiff 1930's style Ealing war films, to be succeeded by much more realism and better storytelling.

Cast

John Clements

Lt. Dick Stacey

Leslie Banks

Vice Adm. David Wetherby

Jane Baxter

Celia Wetherby

Ann Todd

Kay Gordon

Basil Sydney

Capt. Fairfax

Edward Chapman

Papadopoulos

Hugh Williams

Wagner

Frank Pettingell

Fields

Michael Wilding

Lieut. Grant

Michael Rennie

Lieut. Maxwell

Cecil Parker

German Air Marshal

John Stuart

Commdr. Hood