Thunder Birds (1942)
1h 18m
Running Time
October 28, 1942Release Date
Thunder Birds (1942)
1h 18m
Running Time
October 28, 1942Release Date
Plot.
On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Stackhouse, competes with Britt for the affections of Kay Saunders, the daughter of a local rancher. Despite their differences, Britt makes sure Sutton passes his training and becomes a combat pilot -- even though he loses Kay to the young man in the process.
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Cast & Crew.
Gene Tierney
Kay Saunders
Preston Foster
Steve Britt
John Sutton
Peter Stackhouse
Jack Holt
Colonel MacDonald
May Whitty
Lady Jane Stackhouse
George Barbier
Col. Cyrus P. 'Gramps' Saunders
Richard Haydn
George Lockwood
Reginald Denny
Barrett
Ted North
Cadet Hackzell
Janis Carter
Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
C. Montague Shaw
Doctor
Viola Moore
Nurse
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Blake
Joyce Compton
Saleswoman
Bess Flowers
Nurse
Selmer Jackson
Bit role
Charles Tannen
American Flyer / Opening Off-Screen Narrator (voice)
Harry Strang
Forest Ranger
Walter Tetley
Messenger Boy / Red Cross Nurse Trainee (uncredited)
Peter Lawford
English Cadet (uncredited)
William A. Wellman
Director
Lamar Trotti
Screenplay / Producer
Darryl F. Zanuck
Story / Executive Producer
Dolly Tree
Costume Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 28, 1942
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 18m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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Wiki.
Thunder Birds (subtitled "Soldiers of the Air" and also known as Thunderbirds) is a 1942 Technicolor film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, and John Sutton. It features aerial photography and location filming at an actual Arizona training base of the United States Army Air Forces named Thunderbird Field No. 1 during World War II.
The film was made as a propaganda vehicle to boost civilian morale, while at the same time providing a look at training activities and promoting airpower as a means of winning the war. Wellman was himself a veteran of the U.S. Air Service as a World War I fighter pilot.
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