Winged Victory (1944)

6.3/10 130 min Drama War

Overview

Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with Bobby Grills and Irving Miller, and the five struggle through the rigid training and grueling tests involved in becoming pilots. Not all of them succeed, and tragedy awaits for some.

Cast

Lon McCallister

Francis Davis

Jeanne Crain

Helen

Edmond O'Brien

Irving Miller

Judy Holliday

Ruth Miller

Lee J. Cobb

Doctor

Red Buttons

Whitey / Andrews Sister

Karl Malden

Adams

Jane Ball

Jane Preston

Mark Daniels

Alan William Ross

Jo-Carroll Dennison

Dorothy Ross

Don Taylor

Danny 'Pinkie' Scariano

Peter Lind Hayes

O'Brien

Barry Nelson

Bobby Crills

Gary Merrill

Captain McIntyre

George Reeves

Lieutenant Thompson

Philip Bourneuf

Col. Gibney

Alan Baxter

Major Halper

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