“So full of spectacle and glory it had to be made in Technicolor!”
Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF.
James Cagney
Brian MacLean
Dennis Morgan
Johnny Dutton
Brenda Marshall
Emily Foster
Alan Hale
Tiny Murphy
George Tobias
Blimp Lebec
1969
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1968
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2020
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2023
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2005
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2015
1967
2008
2016
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1963
2024
1957
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2009
2012
1972
1988
1995
Reginald Gardiner
Scrounger Harris
W.A. Bishop
Himself
Reginald Denny
Commanding Officer
Russell Arms
Prentiss
Paul Cavanagh
Group Captain
Clem Bevans
Store-Teeth Morrison
J.M. Kerrigan
Foster
J. Farrell MacDonald
Dr. Neville
Patrick O'Moore
Fyffe
Morton Lowry
Carmichael
Owen Cathcart-Jones
Chief Flying Instructor
Frederick Worlock
President of Court Martial
Roland Drew
Officer
Lucia Carroll
Blonde
George Meeker
Playboy
Pat Flaherty
Drill Sergeant (uncredited)
Winifred Harris
Red Cross Collector (uncredited)