Flight for Freedom (1943)
1h 42m
Running Time
April 14, 1943Release Date
Flight for Freedom (1943)
1h 42m
Running Time
April 14, 1943Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
A fictionalized biopic about aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. A female pilot breaks the Los Angeles to New York record and attracts the interest of the U.S. Navy, who want to send her on a spy mission.
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Cast & Crew.
Rosalind Russell
Tonie Carter
Fred MacMurray
Randy Britton
Herbert Marshall
Paul Turner
Walter Kingsford
Admiral Graves
Eduardo Ciannelli
Johnny Salvini
Hugh Beaumont
Flight Instructor (uncredited)
Lothar Mendes
Director
Richard Loo
Mr. Yokahata (uncredited)
Oliver H.P. Garrett
Writer
Shirley Lew
Mrs. Yokahata (uncredited)
S.K. Lauren
Writer
Jane Murfin
Writer
Jack Carr
Bill (uncredited)
Horace McCoy
Writer
Paul McVey
Night Official (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
Rear Admiral Gage (uncredited)
David Hempstead
Producer
Theodore von Eltz
Cmdr. George (uncredited)
Mary Treen
Newspaper Woman (uncredited)
William Forrest
Vice-Consul (uncredited)
Martin Ashe
Collins (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Capt. Knowles (uncredited)
Paul Stanton
Airport Official (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Flight for Freedom (also known as Stand to Die) is a 1943 American drama film directed by Lothar Mendes and starring Rosalind Russell, Fred MacMurray and Herbert Marshall. Film historians and Earhart scholars consider Flight for Freedom an à clef version of the Amelia Earhart life story, concentrating on the sensational aspects of her disappearance during her 1937 world flight. The film's ending speculated that the main character's disappearance was connected to a secret mission on behalf of the U.S. government. As a propaganda film, the Japanese characters in Flight for Freedom were portrayed as devious and evil.