Direction
Ford's rare biopic of a friend he actually knew
Acting
Wayne playing vulnerable? Check the hallway scene
Practical Effects
Real 1920s Navy planes, no CGI nonsense
Director
John Ford
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
James Todd
Jack Travis
Barry Kelley
Capt. Jock Clark
Sig Ruman
Manager
Henry O'Neill
Capt. Spear
Willis Bouchey
Barton
Dorothy Jordan
Rose Brentmann
Evelyn Rudie
Doris Wead
Chuck Roberson
Officer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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