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Director:
John Ford
Writers:
Frank Fenton (screenplay) and
William Wister Haines (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
22 February 1957 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama | War more
Tagline:
What A Guy Wayne ! more
Plot:
A biography of Navy flier-turned-screenwriter Frank W. "Spig" Wead. | add synopsis
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User Reviews:
An excellent "non-war" movie about people who make winning wars possible. more (22 total)

Cast

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John Wayne ... Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
Dan Dailey ... 'Jughead' Carson

Maureen O'Hara ... Min Wead
Ward Bond ... John Dodge
Ken Curtis ... John Dale Price
Edmund Lowe ... Adm. Moffett
Kenneth Tobey ... Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard
James Todd ... Jack Travis
Barry Kelley ... Capt. Jock Clark
Sig Ruman ... Manager
Henry O'Neill ... Capt. Spear
Willis Bouchey ... Barton
Dorothy Jordan ... Rose Brentmann
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Tige Andrews ... Arizona Pincus (uncredited)
Veda Ann Borg ... (uncredited)
Danny Borzage ... Pete (uncredited)
Olive Carey ... Bridy O'Faolain (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum ... Man on sidewalk outside movie theater (uncredited)
James Flavin ... MP at garden party (uncredited)
Mimi Gibson ... Lila Wead (uncredited)
Fred Graham ... Officer in brawl (uncredited)
Sam Harris ... Patient (uncredited)
William Henry ... Naval aide (uncredited)
Louis Jean Heydt ... Dr. John Keye (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes ... Producer (uncredited)
Christopher James ... (uncredited)
Janet Lake ... Nurse (uncredited)
William Paul Lowery ... Wead's baby, 'Commodore' (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons ... (uncredited)

Mae Marsh ... Nurse Crumley (uncredited)
May McAvoy ... Nurse (uncredited)
Alberto Morin ... Second manager (uncredited)
Forbes Murray ... Congressman (uncredited)
Peter Ortiz ... Lt. Charles Dexter (uncredited)
Jack Pennick ... Joe McGuffey (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson ... Officer (uncredited)

Evelyn Rudie ... Doris Wead (uncredited)
Arthur Salzfass ... Navy pilot (uncredited)
Harry Strang ... Bartender (uncredited)
William Tracy ... Air officer (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge ... Adm. Crown (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel ... Naval officer (uncredited)
Harlan Warde ... Executive Officer (uncredited)
Blue Washington ... Bartender at Officer's Club (uncredited)
Terry Wilson ... Naval officer (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Ford 
 
Writing credits
Frank Fenton (screenplay) and
William Wister Haines (screenplay)

Frank Wead (based on the life and writings of) (as Commander Frank W. 'Spig' Wead)

Produced by
James E. Newcom .... associate producer
Charles Schnee .... producer
 
Original Music by
Jeff Alexander 
 
Cinematography by
Paul Vogel (director of photography) (as Paul C. Vogel)
 
Film Editing by
Gene Ruggiero 
 
Art Direction by
Malcolm Brown 
William A. Horning 
 
Set Decoration by
F. Keogh Gleason  (as Keogh Gleason)
Edwin B. Willis 
 
Makeup Department
William Tuttle .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Wingate Smith .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Wesley C. Miller .... recording supervisor (as Dr. Wesley C. Miller)
 
Special Effects by
A. Arnold Gillespie .... special effects
Warren Newcombe .... special effects
 
Stunts
Fred Graham .... stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward .... stunts (uncredited)
John Hudkins .... stunts (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons .... stunts (uncredited)
Paul Mantz .... aerial stunts (uncredited)
Frank McGrath .... stunts (uncredited)
Bob Morgan .... stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson .... stunt double: John Wayne (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson .... stunts (uncredited)
Ronnie Rondell Jr. .... stunts (uncredited)
Paul Stader .... stunts (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel .... stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams .... stunts (uncredited)
Terry Wilson .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Walter Plunkett .... wardrobe: Miss O'Hara
 
Editorial Department
Charles K. Hagedon .... color consultant
 
Music Department
Arthur Morton .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Adm. John Dale Price .... technical advisor (as Adm. John Dale Price USN [Ret])
Dr. John Keye .... technical advisor (uncredited)
 
Thanks
Frank Wead .... dedicatee (as Commander Frank 'Spig' Wead)
 
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
110 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System) | Perspecta Stereo
Certification:
Argentina:Atp | West Germany:12 (nf) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-12 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | USA:Approved (PCA #18317) | Sweden:15
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
There is a scene in the movie where we see the director, played by Ward Bond, looking at a clip of a film written by the main character. The clip is from the film Hell Divers (1931), which was actually written by Frank Wead. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the first scene where Lieutenant Junior Grade Wead is flying with Captain Hazzard, on the ground Captain Hazzard is in the front seat, but in the air Wead is in the front seat. more
Quotes:
'Jughead' Carson: [the General has just given him some whiskey for Spig] Well, thank you sir!
'Jughead' Carson: [he chugs it and throws it behind the mirror] They can make better booze in a bathtub!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) more
Soundtrack:
Song of the Islands more

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10 out of 13 people found the following review useful.
An excellent "non-war" movie about people who make winning wars possible., 28 July 2002
8/10
Author: hold2file from Atlanta, GA

Despite the title and the time frame (and the misunderstanding of the movie by other reviewers), this is not a typical war movie. This movie is really a biography and personal study of the obsessiveness and dedication that is necessary in the technological nature of warfare today. In one respect it is too bad that the movie stars John Wayne because the expectation is that it would feature a "gung ho" performance. Instead it is an amazing acting effort by Wayne as a suffering, crippled, insensitive Navy officer and author whose vision and commitment made much of the Naval air force possible. It is an excellent performance by Wayne and almost more of a "stretch" for him than Dustin Hoffman portraying an autistic "Rainman."

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