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Captain Eddie
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Captain Eddie

1945-06-18 · 108 min · ★ 7.2

Drama

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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Directors
Lloyd Bacon
Production companies
Eureka Pictures, 20th Century Fox
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Fred MacMurrayFred MacMurrayEddie Rickenbacker
Lynn BariLynn BariAdelaide Frost Rickenbacker
Charles BickfordCharles BickfordWilliam Rickenbacker
Thomas MitchellThomas MitchellIke Howard
Lloyd NolanLloyd NolanLt. Jim Whitaker
James GleasonJames GleasonTom Clark
Spring ByingtonSpring ByingtonMrs. Frost
Mary PhilipsMary PhilipsElsie Rickenbacker
Darryl HickmanDarryl HickmanEddie Rickenbacker as a boy
Dwayne HickmanDwayne HickmanLouis Rickenbacker
Richard ConteRichard ContePvt. John Bartek
Stanley RidgesStanley RidgesCol. Hans Adamson
Dorothy AdamsDorothy AdamsNurse
Mary GordonMary GordonMrs. Westrom
Virginia BrissacVirginia BrissacFlo Clark
Charles RussellCharles RussellSgt. Jim Reynolds
Clem BevansClem BevansJabez
Grady SuttonGrady SuttonLester Thomas
Chick ChandlerChick ChandlerRichard Lacey
Nancy June RobinsonMary Rickenbacker

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