Ships with Wings

1h 43min

War

Drama

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

John Clements

Lt. Dick Stacey
Leslie Banks

Leslie Banks

Vice Adm. David Wetherby
Jane Baxter

Jane Baxter

Celia Wetherby
Ann Todd

Ann Todd

Kay Gordon
Basil Sydney

Basil Sydney

Capt. Fairfax
Edward Chapman

Edward Chapman

Papadopoulos
Michael Wilding

Michael Wilding

Lieut. Grant
Michael Rennie

Michael Rennie

Lieut. Maxwell
Cecil Parker

Cecil Parker

German Air Marshal
John Stuart

John Stuart

Commdr. Hood
Frank Cellier

Frank Cellier

Gen. Scarappa
Morland Graham

Morland Graham

C.P.O.Marsden
Charles Victor

Charles Victor

MacDermott
Hugh Burden

Hugh Burden

Sub.Lt. Weatherby
George Merritt

George Merritt

Surgeon Comdr.
John Laurie

John Laurie

Lt.Comdr. Reid
Charles Stuart

Charles Stuart

Von Rittau
Robert Brooks Turner

Robert Brooks Turner

German soldier[scene with Cecil Parker]

Release date

10th Nov 1941

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English