I Wanted Wings (1941)

Directed by

Mitchell Leisen

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 15m

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man wants to become a pilot in the US Army Air Corps. He joins the service and goes through training.

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What happens

I Wanted Wings is a 1941 American drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen and based on a book by Lieutenant Beirne Lay Jr. The film stars Ray Milland and William Holden. The supporting cast includes Wayne Morris, Brian Donlevy, Constance Moore and Veronica Lake. I Wanted Wings features Lake's first major film role. Her career took off shortly thereafter; the same year, she starred in Sullivan's Travels. Lake would become one of the most popular and successful actresses of the early 1940s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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