The Flying Irishman (1939)
1h 11m
Running Time
April 7, 1939Release Date
The Flying Irishman (1939)
1h 11m
Running Time
April 7, 1939Release Date
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Plot.
This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (40 hours worth) into the tiny, single engine plane. While expressing his intent to fly west to Long Beach, CA, Mr. Corrigan flew out of Floyd Bennett Field heading east over the Atlantic. Instrumentation in the plane included two compasses (both malfunctioned) and a turn-and-bank indicator. The cabin door was held shut with baling wire. Nearly 29 hours later, he landed in Baldonnel near Dublin. He forever claimed to be surprised at arriving in Ireland rather than California. He returned to the US as a hero, with a ticker tape parade in New York and received numerous medals and awards.
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Cast & Crew.

Douglas Corrigan
Douglas Corrigan

Eddie Quillan
Henry Corrigan

Paul Kelly
Butch Brannen

Robert Armstrong
Joe Alden

Gene Reynolds
Young Douglas Corrigan

Minor Watson
Airport Personnel Manager

Dorothy Peterson
Ma Corrigan

Scotty Beckett
Young Henry Corrigan

Peggy Ryan
Edith Corrigan

Becky Bohanon
Young Edith Corrigan

Donald MacBride
Roy Thompson

Cora Witherspoon
Mamie Thompson

Spencer Charters
Smedley

Dorothy Appleby
Maybelle

Roy Webb
Composer

Joyce Compton
Sally

Roy Gordon
Dr. Howard

Arthur Roberts
Editor

Grady Sutton
Clothing Store Sales Clerk

Marcia Mae Jones
Teenager

Edward Gargan
J.R. Robinson

Charles Williams
Car Repo Man

George Chandler
Airport Gas Attendant

Louis Jean Heydt
Airport Spectator

Knox Manning
Commentator

Don Barclay
Bettor

Leon Belasco
Russian Commentator

Frank Coghlan Jr.
Teenager Taking Photograph

Joe Cunningham
Second Man Grounding Doug in New York

Frank Faylen
New York Mechanic

Ralph Graves
First Man Grounding Doug in New York

Kenneth Harlan
Man at New York Airport

Olaf Hytten
Irish Airport Radio Operator

Lloyd Ingraham
Doctor Attending Mrs. Corrigan

Charles Irwin
Office at Ireland Airport

Tiny Jones
Flower Peddlar

Milton Kibbee
New York Airport Manager

Ann Kunde
Airplane Passenger

Dorothy Lovett
Telephone Operator

George Magrill
New York Airport Workman
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Wiki.
The Flying Irishman (aka Born to Fly) is a 1939 biographical drama film produced by RKO Pictures about Douglas Corrigan's unofficial transatlantic flight the previous year in a dilapidated Curtiss Robin light aircraft. The film was directed by Leigh Jason based on a screenplay by Ernest Pagano and Dalton Trumbo.
The Flying Irishman covers the material of Corrigan's autobiography, That's My Story, from his early life to his return from his wrong-way flight. Because of the huge popularity of Corrigan and his flight, the screenplay assumes that the material is already familiar to its audience.
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