The Wings of Eagles

The Wings of Eagles

1957 | 1h 50m | Drama | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

John Ford directed this action-filled biography of longtime friend Commander "Spig" Wead, who turned to Hollywood after an accident ended his illustrious aviation career.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

John Ford

CAST

John Wayne

Maureen O'Hara

Dan Dailey

PRODUCERS

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WRITERS

Frank Fenton

William Haines

Host Intros

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Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The Wings Of Eagles (1957)
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Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Wings Of Eagles, 1957.

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Wings Of Eagles, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) It Got Away From Us
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Wife Min (Maureen OHara) visits hospitalized Navy flier Frank Spig Wead (John Wayne), paralyzed after a mundane domestic accident, as he adopts a brave but false position regarding their future, in director John Fords posthumous bio-pic on his friend and collaborator, The Wings Of Eagles, 1957.
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Wings Of Eagles, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Let's Buzz 'Em!
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Joining director John Fords raucous opening of his bio-pic about his Navy flier-turned-writer friend Frank Spig Wead, John Wayne in the lead, Kenneth Tobey co-piloting an unauthorized flight, Maureen OHara his furious wife leading pursuit, Penascola ca. 1920, in The Wings Of Eagles, 1957.
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Wings Of Eagles, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Fly This!
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Frank "Spig" Wead (John Wayne) and Price (Ken Curtis) lead the Navy flight team, celebrating with the Army team (Kenneth Tobey commanding), a classic John Ford brawl in the director's bio-pic about his flier-turned-writer friend, The Wings Of Eagles, 1957.
Wings Of Eagles, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Damn The Martinis
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John Ford directs Ward Bond in an emphatic impression of himself, a director called "John Dodge," meeting writer and Navy flier Frank "Spig" Wead (John Wayne), who will become a lifelong friend, in the bio-pic The Wings Of Eagles, 1957.
Wings Of Eagles, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Gonna Move That Toe!
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Paralyzed after a freak household accident, Navy flyer Frank "Spig" Wead (John Wayne) in rehab with trainer "Jughead" (Dan Dailey), a famous sequence from director John Ford's tribute to Wead, The Wings Of Eagles, 1957.
Wings Of Eagles, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Stay Broke And Keep Moving
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Price (Ken Curtis) narrating, graduating navy flight school with pal "Spig" Wead (John Wayne) his wife Min (Maureen O'Hara) attending, then objecting when officers choose her husband for a big assignment, in John Ford's The Wings Of Eagles, 1957.
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John Wayne stars in John Ford's The Wings Of Eagles (1957), the film biography of Frank "Spig" Wead, who started the air wing of the US Navy.

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