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A fictionalized account of a US aircraft carrier's decoy mission before the battle of Midway in 1942. The film features Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, William Eythe and Cedric Hardwicke, and was nominated for an Oscar.
- (1.6K)
- Action, Drama, War
- Henry Hathaway
- 1945-01-11
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 heroic 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.
Apr 7, 2023 · A 2023 drama film about a family's survival after their pilot dies in a King Air 200 plane. Starring Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham, and Jesse Metcalfe, directed by Sean McNamara.
- (5.4K)
- Drama
- Sean McNamara
- 2023-04-07
Sep 26, 2023 · 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 heroic crew of an American aircraft...
- 97 min
- 833
- Reel Classics
On a Wing and a Prayer is a 2023 American biographical survival film directed by Sean McNamara and starring Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham, and Jesse Metcalfe. It was released on April 7, 2023.
Flight Cmdr. Bingo Harper (Don Ameche) is trying to get pilots like ex-film star Ens. Hallam "Oscar" Scott (William Eythe) up to snuff, as he and fellow Naval officers work to defeat the...
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- War
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Three months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, American citizens wonder why the U.S. Navy has not yet retaliated. Navy officials, hoping to lure the Japanese Navy into a trap, decide to send one carrier on a decoy mission while assembling the majority of U.S. forces at Midway.
