Men of the Fighting Lady

May. 07,1954      NR
Rating:
6.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A writer visits an aircraft carrier during the Korean war to learn more about it and the way it's run. He also gets to find out more about the Navy and Marine aviators themselves, their internal and external conflicts and dangers of their job.

Van Johnson as  Lt. Thayer
Walter Pidgeon as  Cmdr. Dowling
Louis Calhern as  James A. Michener
Dewey Martin as  Schecter
Keenan Wynn as  Lt. Cmdr. Dodson
Frank Lovejoy as  Lt. Cmdr. Grayson
Robert Horton as  Ensign Neil Conovan
Bert Freed as  Lt. (jg) Andrew Szymanski
Lewis Martin as  Comdr. Michael Coughlin
George Cooper as  Cyril Roberts

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