Movie Description
Captain Eddie
(1945)Overview
WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the early years of civil airline service, after his plane crashed in the South Pacific in late 1942.
Featured Crew
- Director : Lloyd Bacon
- Producer : Winfield R. Sheehan
- Cast : Fred MacMurray,Lynn Bari,Charles Bickford,Thomas Mitchell,Lloyd Nolan,James Gleason,Spring Byington,Mary Philips,Darryl Hickman,Dwayne Hickman,Richard Conte,Stanley Ridges,Dorothy Adams,Mary Gordon,Virginia Brissac,Charles Russell,Clem Bevans,Grady Sutton,Chick Chandler,Nancy June Robinson,Winifred Glyn,Gregory Marshall,David Spencer,Elvin Field,George Mitchell,Boyd Davis,Don Garner,Joseph J. Greene,Olin Howland,Robert Malcolm,Leila McIntyre,Harry Shannon,Peter Garey,Fred Essler,Lotte Stein,Earle S. Dewey
Cast
Eddie Rickenbacker
Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker
William Rickenbacker
Ike Howard
Lt. Jim Whitaker
Tom Clark
Mrs. Frost
Elsie Rickenbacker
Eddie Rickenbacker as a boy
Louis Rickenbacker
Pvt. John Bartek
Col. Hans Adamson
Nurse
Mrs. Westrom
Flo Clark
Sgt. Jim Reynolds
Jabez
Lester Thomas
Richard Lacey
Mary Rickenbacker
Emma Rickenbacker
Dewey Rickenbacker
Albert Rickenbacker
Bill Rickenbacker
Lt. Johnny De Angelis
Mr. Frost
Sgt. Alex
Dinkenspiel
Census Taker
Mr. Foley
Mrs. Foley
Simmons
Freddie
Prof. Montague
Mme. Montagne
Dr. Campbell
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Facts
Original TitleCaptain Eddie
Status Released
Release Information
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1945-06-18
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 48m
Production CompaniesEureka Pictures,20th Century Fox
Genres
- Drama
