Thunder Birds (1942)
1h 18m
Running Time
October 28, 1942Release Date
Thunder Birds (1942)
1h 18m
Running Time
October 28, 1942Release Date
Network & Production Companies

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.

Preston Foster
Steve Britt

John Sutton
Peter Stackhouse

Gene Tierney
Kay Saunders

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

David Buttolph
Music
Media.




Details.
Release DateOctober 28, 1942
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 18m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
mentor
war veteran
arizona
pilot
american
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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