The Wings of Eagles
Released
January 31, 1957
Runtime: 1h 50m
The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.
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Cast & Crew
John Wayne
Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
Dan Dailey
'Jughead' Carson
Maureen O'Hara
Min Wead
Ward Bond
John Dodge
Ken Curtis
John Dale Price
Edmund Lowe
Adm. Moffett
Kenneth Tobey
Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard
- JT
James Todd
Jack Travis
Barry Kelley
Capt. Jock Clark
Sig Ruman
Manager
Henry O'Neill
Capt. Spear
Willis Bouchey
Barton
Dorothy Jordan
Rose Brentmann
- ER
Evelyn Rudie
Doris Wead (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson
Officer (uncredited)
- RB
Ray Baker
Captain (uncredited)
- PO
Peter Ortiz
Lt. Charles Dexter (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Producer (uncredited)
John Ford
Director
- FW
Frank Wead
Writer
- FF
Frank Fenton
Screenplay
- WH
William Wister Haines
Screenplay
Media
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