Ships with Wings (1941)

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 (27)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

Frank Cellier

Gen. Scarappa

Morland Graham

C.P.O.Marsden

Charles Victor

MacDermott

Hugh Burden

Sub.Lt. Weatherby

Betty Marsden

Jean

George Merritt

Surgeon Comdr.

John Laurie

Lt.Comdr. Reid

C

Charles Stuart

Von Rittau

Clive Baxter

Boy

Ian Fleming

Colonel

E

Elizabeth Pengally

Girl

G

Graham Penley

Sailor

C

Charles Russell

Sailor

R

Robert Brooks Turner

German soldier[scene with Cecil Parker]

G

George Spence

SS Officer (uncredited)

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