Fighter Squadron
If it had wings, they'd fly it! If it had skirts they'd fight for it!
1948 | 96m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Raoul Walsh |
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| Writer: | Seton I. Miller, Martin Rackin |
| Staring: |
| During World War II, an insubordinate fighter pilot finds the shoe on the other foot when he's promoted. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 27, 1948 |
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| Director: | Raoul Walsh |
| Writer: | Seton I. Miller, Martin Rackin |
| Genres: | Action, War |
| Keywords | fighter pilot |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 21, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Edmond O'Brien | Maj. Ed Hardin |
| Robert Stack | Capt. Stuart L. Hamilton |
| John Rodney | Col. William 'Bill' Brickley |
| Tom D'Andrea | M / Sgt. James F. Dolan |
| Henry Hull | Brig. Gen. Mike McCready |
| James Holden | Lt. Tennessee Atkins |
| Walter Reed | Capt. Duke Chappell |
| Shepperd Strudwick | Brig. Gen. Mel Gilbert |
| Arthur Space | Maj. Sanford |
| Jack Larson | Lt. 'Shorty' Kirk |
| Bill McLean | Pvt. Wilbur |
| Mickey McCardle | Jacobs |
| Rock Hudson | Second Lieutenant (uncredited) |
| Lilian Bond | English Lady (uncredited) |
| Bill Cody Jr. | Private (uncredited) |
| Jean Fenwick | Lady Woodbine (uncredited) |
| Joe Gray | Flyer with Dice (uncredited) |
| Creighton Hale | Cockney (uncredited) |
| Carl Harbaugh | |
| Hallene Hill | |
| Frank Marlowe | |
| John McGuire | |
| Ray Montgomery | |
| George Offerman, Jr. | |
| Frances Osborne | |
| Tudor Owen | |
| Robert Seiter | |
| Loren Tindall | |
| Heather Wilde | |
| Robert Boon | German Operator |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Raoul Walsh | Director |
| Seton I. Miller | Screenplay |
| Max Steiner | Original Music Composer |
| Martin Rackin | Writer |
| Wilfrid M. Cline | Director of Photography |
| Christian Nyby | Editor |
| Sidney Hickox | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Seton I. Miller | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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Henry Hull ("Gen. McCready") is determined to find new ways to attack the Nazi air bases and support the impending D-Day landings, but is fresh out of ideas. One of his squadron commanders "Brick" (John Rodney) has some plans, though - but that necessitates the promotion of "Ed" (Edmond O'Brien) int ... o a job that most think him unsuited for. He's an undisciplined character who thinks the rules are for someone else. Can he mend his ways and take charge of his squadron at this crucial time of the war? There's plenty of internal squabbling, rivalries, soul-searching, sabre-rattling and a slew of black cats - but, essentially this is really a post-war feel-good feature for domestic audiences with little actual jeopardy to what limited plot there is. It features plenty of exciting airborne actuality to keep it moving and the last fifteen minutes make the rest of this plodding wartime drama worth watching. It's curious that there are no women here at all to temper the testosterone!