Wing and a Prayer (1944)

Directed by

Henry Hathaway

Genre

war film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 1944 war film follows the crew of an American aircraft carrier during the early days of World War II in the Pacific. It focuses on their missions and struggles as they fight against Japanese forces.

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What happens

Wing and a Prayer, The Story of Carrier X (also known as Queen of the Flat Tops and Torpedo Squadron Eight) is a black-and-white 1944 war film about the crew of an American aircraft carrier in the desperate early days of World War II in the Pacific theater, directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Don Ameche, Dana Andrews and William Eythe. It was nominated for the 1944 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The film title Wing and a Prayer was borrowed from a number one hit song in 1943, "Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer". In a bit of studio self-promotion, the carrier crew watches another 20th Century Fox picture, Tin Pan Alley (1940), during the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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