He Fought Every Fury of Man and Mountain To Get Where His Woman Was!
A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while awaiting rescue.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- John WayneCaptain Dooley
- Lloyd NolanCaptain Stutz
- Walter AbelCol. Fuller
- James ArnessMac McMullen
- Andy DevineWillie Moon
- Allyn JoslynJ.H. Handy
- Jimmy LydonMurray, Dooley's navigator
- Harry Carey Jr.Ralph Hunt, Moon's co-pilot
- Hal BaylorStankowski, Dooley's engineer
- Sean McCloryFrank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot
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- William A. WellmanDirector
- Ernest K. GannScreenplay
- Ernest K. GannNovel
- Archie StoutDirector of Photography
- Emil NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Ralph DawsonEditor
- Robert FellowsProducer
- John WayneProducer
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