Captain Eddie
"Rick" is on the Screen ! The Gripping . . . Exciting Story of America's First Ace of Aces !
- 1945
- Rated NR
- 1h 48m
- Drama
Rating: 7.2 out of 10TMDB(4 votes)
Overview
WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the early years of civil airline service, after his plane crashed in the South Pacific in late 1942.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Special Effects (1946)
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Music
Music by Cyril J. Mockridge
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Joseph MacDonald
Details
- Director
- Writer
- John Tucker BattleScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 18, 1945
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Production
Cast
Fred MacMurrayEddie Rickenbacker
Lynn BariAdelaide Frost Rickenbacker
Charles BickfordWilliam Rickenbacker
Thomas MitchellIke Howard
Lloyd NolanLt. Jim Whitaker
James GleasonTom Clark
Spring ByingtonMrs. Frost
Mary PhilipsElsie Rickenbacker
Darryl HickmanEddie Rickenbacker as a boy
Dwayne HickmanLouis Rickenbacker
Richard ContePvt. John Bartek
Stanley RidgesCol. Hans Adamson
Dorothy AdamsNurse
Mary GordonMrs. Westrom
Virginia BrissacFlo Clark
Charles RussellSgt. Jim Reynolds
Clem BevansJabez
Grady SuttonLester Thomas
Chick ChandlerRichard Lacey- Nancy June RobinsonMary Rickenbacker
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