The Flying Irishman
See the "inside story" of his flight in this exciting drama of life!
1939 | 71m | English
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Leigh Jason |
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| Writer: | Dalton Trumbo, Ernest Pagano |
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| This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (40 hours worth) into the tiny, single engine plane. While expressing his intent to fly west to Long Beach, CA, Mr. Corrigan flew out of Floyd Bennett Field heading east over the Atlantic. Instrumentation in the plane included two compasses (both malfunctioned) and a turn-and-bank indicator. The cabin door was held shut with baling wire. Nearly 29 hours later, he landed in Baldonnel near Dublin. He forever claimed to be surprised at arriving in Ireland rather than California. He returned to the US as a hero, with a ticker tape parade in New York and received numerous medals and awards. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 07, 1939 |
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| Director: | Leigh Jason |
| Writer: | Dalton Trumbo, Ernest Pagano |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | irish-american, pilot, aviator |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Douglas Corrigan | Douglas Corrigan |
| Eddie Quillan | Henry Corrigan |
| Paul Kelly | Butch Brannen |
| Robert Armstrong | Joe Alden |
| Gene Reynolds | Young Douglas Corrigan |
| Minor Watson | Airport Personnel Manager |
| Dorothy Peterson | Ma Corrigan |
| Scotty Beckett | Young Henry Corrigan |
| Peggy Ryan | Edith Corrigan |
| Becky Bohanon | Young Edith Corrigan |
| Donald MacBride | Roy Thompson |
| Cora Witherspoon | Mamie Thompson |
| Spencer Charters | Smedley |
| Dorothy Appleby | Maybelle |
| Joyce Compton | Sally |
| Roy Gordon | Dr. Howard |
| Grady Sutton | Clothing Store Sales Clerk |
| Marcia Mae Jones | Teenager |
| Edward Gargan | J.R. Robinson |
| Charles Williams | Car Repo Man |
| George Chandler | Airport Gas Attendant |
| Louis Jean Heydt | Airport Spectator |
| Knox Manning | Commentator |
| Don Barclay | Bettor |
| Leon Belasco | Russian Commentator |
| Frank Coghlan Jr. | Teenager Taking Photograph |
| Joe Cunningham | Second Man Grounding Doug in New York |
| Frank Faylen | New York Mechanic |
| Ralph Graves | First Man Grounding Doug in New York |
| Kenneth Harlan | Man at New York Airport |
| Olaf Hytten | Irish Airport Radio Operator |
| Lloyd Ingraham | Doctor Attending Mrs. Corrigan |
| Charles Irwin | Office at Ireland Airport |
| Tiny Jones | Flower Peddlar |
| Milton Kibbee | New York Airport Manager |
| Ann Kunde | Airplane Passenger |
| Dorothy Lovett | Telephone Operator |
| George Magrill | New York Airport Workman |
| Philip Morris | Mechanic |
| Horace Murphy | Drunk at New York Airport |
| Perry Noisom | Messenger |
| Lee Phelps | Mechanic Hiring Doug |
| Jack Rice | Airplane Owner Selling It to Corrigan |
| Billy Wayne | Photographer |
| Gayne Whitman | New York City Announcer |
| J.M. Kerrigan | Mr. Clyde Corrigan Sr. |
| Name | Job |
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| Dalton Trumbo | Screenplay |
| Leigh Jason | Director |
| Ernest Pagano | Screenplay |
| J. Roy Hunt | Director of Photography |
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