I Wanted Wings (1941)
2h 15m
Running Time
March 26, 1941Release Date
I Wanted Wings (1941)
2h 15m
Running Time
March 26, 1941Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Told in flashback, this drama follows the training and personal lives of three recruits in the Army Air Corps: a wealthy playboy, a college jock, and an auto mechanic. Love interest is supplied by a female photographer and a sultry blonde.
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Cast & Crew.
Ray Milland
Jeff Young
William Holden
Al Ludlow
Wayne Morris
Tom Cassidy
Veronica Lake
Sally Vaughn
Brian Donlevy
Capt. Mercer
Mitchell Leisen
Director
Constance Moore
Carolyn Bartlett
Harry Davenport
'Sandbags' Riley
Richard Maibaum
Writer
Phil Brown
Jimmy Masters
Beirne Lay Jr.
Writer
Edward Fielding
President of the Court
Sig Herzig
Writer
Willard Robertson
Judge Advocate
Eleanore Griffin
Writer
Richard Lane
Flight Commander
Frank Wead
Writer
Addison Richards
Flight Surgeon
Hobart Cavanaugh
Mickey
Douglas Aylesworth
Lt. Hopkins
John Trent
Lt. Ronson
Archie Twitchell
Lt. Clarkton
Richard Webb
Cadet Captain
John Hiestand
Radio Announcer
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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.