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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.386 |
Directed By
Lloyd Bacon
Crew
Sol Halperin
Lloyd Bacon
Cyril J. Mockridge
Winfield R. Sheehan
Joseph MacDonald
Frances C. Richardson
John Tucker Battle
TOP CAST
Fred MacMurray
Eddie Rickenbacker
Lynn Bari
Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker
Charles Bickford
William Rickenbacker
Thomas Mitchell
Ike Howard
Lloyd Nolan
Lt. Jim Whitaker
James Gleason
Tom Clark
Spring Byington
Mrs. Frost
Mary Philips
Elsie Rickenbacker
Darryl Hickman
Eddie Rickenbacker as a boy
Dwayne Hickman
Louis Rickenbacker
Richard Conte
Pvt. John Bartek
Stanley Ridges
Col. Hans Adamson
Dorothy Adams
Nurse
Mary Gordon
Mrs. Westrom
Virginia Brissac
Flo Clark
Charles Russell
Sgt. Jim Reynolds
Clem Bevans
Jabez
Grady Sutton
Lester Thomas
Chick Chandler
Richard Lacey
Nancy June Robinson
Mary Rickenbacker
Winifred Glyn
Emma Rickenbacker
Gregory Marshall
Dewey Rickenbacker
David Spencer
Albert Rickenbacker
Elvin Field
Bill Rickenbacker
George Mitchell
Lt. Johnny De Angelis
Boyd Davis
Mr. Frost
Don Garner
Sgt. Alex
Joseph J. Greene
Dinkenspiel
Olin Howland
Census Taker
Robert Malcolm
Mr. Foley
Leila McIntyre
Mrs. Foley
Harry Shannon
Simmons
Peter Garey
Freddie
Fred Essler
Prof. Montague
Lotte Stein
Mme. Montagne
Earle S. Dewey
Dr. Campbell
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