Captains of the Clouds
"So full of spectacle and glory it had to be made in Technicolor!"
Overview
Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Key Crew
Michael Curtiz
Director
Norman Reilly Raine
Screenplay
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Cast
James Cagney
Brian MacLean (bush pilot)
Dennis Morgan
Johnny Dutton (bush pilot)
Brenda Marshall
Emily Foster
Alan Hale
Francis Patrick 'Tiny' Murphy (bush pilot)
George Tobias
Blimp Lebec (bush pilot)
Reginald Gardiner
Scrounger Harris (bush pilot)
W.A. Bishop
Himself
Reginald Denny
Commanding officer
Russell Arms
Louis 'Alabama' Prentiss
Paul Cavanagh
Group Captain
Clem Bevans
Sam 'Store-Teeth' Morrison
J.M. Kerrigan
Foster (storekeeper / Emily's father)
J. Farrell MacDonald
Dr. Neville (from Churchtown)
Patrick O'Moore
Fyffe
Morton Lowry
Carmichael
Pat Flaherty
Drill Sergeant
Winifred Harris
Red Cross Collector
