Wing and a Prayer
“THE MOST DANGEROUS MISSION IN THE WAR!”
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.
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Cast
11 people
Don Ameche
Bingo Harper
Known for
Cocoon
Trading Places
Dana Andrews
Edward Moulton
Known for
Laura
The Best Years of Our Lives
William Eythe
Hallam "Oscar" Scott
Known for
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Song of Bernadette
Charles Bickford
Captain Waddell
Known for
A Star Is Born
Brute Force
Cedric Hardwicke
Admiral
Known for
Rope
Suspicion
Kevin O'Shea
Charles "Cookie" Cunningham
Also in
The Purple Heart
The Keys of the Kingdom
Richard Jaeckel
Beezy Bessemer
Known for
Starman
The Dirty Dozen
Harry Morgan
Malcolm Brainard
Known for
M*A*S*H
High Noon
Alice Faye
(archive footage)
Known for
Fallen Angel
Betty Grable
(archive footage)
Known for
How to Marry a Millionaire
I Wake Up Screaming
Billy Gilbert
(archive footage)
Known for
The Great Dictator
Fun and Fancy Free
Henry Hathaway Director · Jerome Cady Screenplay Hugo Friedhofer Composer
Worldwide gross $2.2M · United States release January 1, 1944 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,250,000
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · January 1, 1944
Premiere
United States · January 1, 1944
Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1945 · Theatrical
France
June 1, 2004 · Theatrical
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