Ships with Wings (1941)

War
Drama

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

Lt. Dick Stacey
John Clements
Vice Adm. David Wetherby
Leslie Banks
German Air Marshal
Cecil Parker
Commdr. Hood
John Stuart
Gen. Scarappa
Frank Cellier
C.P.O.Marsden
Morland Graham
MacDermott
Charles Victor
Sub.Lt. Weatherby
Hugh Burden
Jean
Betty Marsden
Surgeon Comdr.
George Merritt
Lt.Comdr. Reid
John Laurie
Von Rittau
C Charles Stuart
Celia Wetherby
Jane Baxter
Boy
Clive Baxter
Colonel
Ian Fleming
Girl
E Elizabeth Pengally
Sailor
G Graham Penley
Sailor
C Charles Russell
German soldier[scene with Cecil Parker]
R Robert Brooks Turner
Kay Gordon
Ann Todd
Capt. Fairfax
Basil Sydney
Papadopoulos
Edward Chapman
Wagner
Hugh Williams
Fields
Frank Pettingell
Lieut. Grant
Michael Wilding
Lieut. Maxwell
Michael Rennie

Crew

Director
S Sergei Nolbandov
Screenplay
P Patrick Kirwan
Screenplay
A Austin Melford
Screenplay
D Diana Morgan
Screenplay
S Sergei Nolbandov
Producer
Michael Balcon
Cinematography
W Wilkie Cooper
Cinematography
M Mutz Greenbaum
Cinematography
R Roy Kellino
Editor
Robert Hamer
Art Direction
W Wilfred Shingleton
Music Director
E Ernest Irving
Assistant Camera
H Hal Britten
Director of Photography
E Eric Cross
Music
G Geoffrey Wright
Associate Producer
S S.C. Balcon
Production Manager
J John Croydon
Production Manager
H Hal Mason
Sound Supervisor
E Eric Williams
Sound Recordist
N Norman Daines
Special Effects
R Roy Kellino
Special Effects
N Norman Ough
Special Effects
C C. Richardson
Special Effects
D Douglas Woolsey