
War · Drama
Ships with Wings
Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regarded the last of the conventional, rather stiff 1930's style Ealing war films, to be succeeded by much more realism and better storytelling.
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John Clements
Lt. Dick Stacey

Leslie Banks
Vice Adm. David Wetherby

Jane Baxter
Celia Wetherby

Ann Todd
Kay Gordon

Basil Sydney
Capt. Fairfax

Edward Chapman
Papadopoulos

Hugh Williams
Wagner

Frank Pettingell
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CinemaSerf
6/109/18/2025
After an ill-disciplined mishap while serving with the Royal Navy “Lt. Stacey” (John Clements) is unceremoniously discharged and finds himself engaged as a commercial pilot in Greece. This is all happening just as the Nazis have invaded that country and with pressure mounting on the Allied fleets in the Mediterranean it falls to the sceptical “Adm. Weatherby” (Leslie Banks) to utilise his hitherto unproven Fleet Air Arm to demonstrate just how effective carrier-based air power can be in attacking and defeating heavily armed artillery positions or bombers. The enemy is no pushover, however, and has long planned this invasion - having placed some devious fifth columnists into positions that will only make the British force’s position even more difficult. With the battle lines now drawn, can
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