Wing and a Prayer

January. 01,1944      PG
Rating:
6.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat, thus lulling Japanese alertness before the battle of Midway.

Don Ameche as  Bingo Harper
Dana Andrews as  Edward Moulton
William Eythe as  Hallam "Oscar" Scott
Charles Bickford as  Captain Waddell
Cedric Hardwicke as  Admiral
Richard Jaeckel as  Beezy Bessemer
Harry Morgan as  Malcolm Brainard
Alice Faye as  (archive footage)
Betty Grable as  (archive footage)
Billy Gilbert as  (archive footage)

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