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A biography of Navy flier-turned-screenwriter Frank W. "Spig" Wead.A biography of Navy flier-turned-screenwriter Frank W. "Spig" Wead.A biography of Navy flier-turned-screenwriter Frank W. "Spig" Wead.
Tige Andrews
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- (uncredited)
Frank Baker
- Police Officer
- (uncredited)
Audrey Betz
- Tourist
- (uncredited)
Veda Ann Borg
- Lovely
- (uncredited)
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- GoofsWhen Frank "Spig" Wead is taking command of the aircraft carrier during WWII the car that drives up to the docked carrier is a 1950 or '51 Chevrolet or Pontiac yet the scene is supposed to be during the war, which ended in 1945.
- Quotes
Frank W. 'Spig' Wead: [while trying to regain nerve control of his toes in the hospital] I'm gonna move that toe!
- ConnectionsEdited from Hell Divers (1931)
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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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- $2,644,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
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