Ships with Wings facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Ships with Wings |
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| Directed by | Sergei Nolbandov |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
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| Music by | Geoffrey Wright |
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| Editing by | Robert Hamer |
| Studio | Ealing Studios |
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| Release date(s) | November 1941 |
| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Ships with Wings is a 1941 British war film directed by Sergei Nolbandov and starring John Clements, Leslie Banks and Jane Baxter. The film is set during the Battle of Greece (1940-1941). It depicts military aviation.
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Plot
During the Second World War, pilot Lieutenant Dick Stacey is expelled from the British Fleet Air Arm for imprudence, but later has the opportunity to redeem himself when he takes part in the fight against the Germans in Greece.
Cast
- John Clements - Lieutenant Dick Stacey
- Leslie Banks - Vice Admiral David Wetherby
- Jane Baxter - Celia Wetherby
- Ann Todd - Kay Gordon
- Basil Sydney - Captain Bill Fairfax
- Edward Chapman - 'Papa' Papadopoulos
- Hugh Williams - Wagner
- Frank Pettingell - Fields
- Michael Wilding - Lieutenant David Grant
- Michael Rennie - Lt Maxwell
- Cecil Parker - German Air Marshal
- John Stuart - Commander Hood
- Morland Graham - CPO Marsden
- Charles Victor - MacDermott
- Hugh Burden - Sub Lieutenant Mickey Wetherby
- Frank Cellier - General Baradino Scarappa
- Betty Marsden - Jean
- John Laurie - Lieutenant-Commander Reid
- George Merritt - Surgeon Commander
- Charles Sturat - Von Rittau
- Ian Fleming as Colonel
Production
The film was made by Ealing Studios, but filmed at Fountain Studios in Wembley Park, north-west London.
Release
The film premiered in November 1941 and went on general release in January 1942. It was a commercial success and was the second most popular film in British cinemas that month behind It Started with Eve. The sinking of the Ark Royal, on which a number of scenes were set and shot, in November 1941 added a sense of topicality to the film. Ark Royal portrays the fictional HMS Invincible - a name not used for a Royal Navy aircraft carrier until the 1970s. The most recent ship named HMS Invincible until then was a battlecruiser sunk at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
