

Drama
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.
Top Cast


Fred MacMurray
Fred MacMurray
Eddie Rickenbacker
Fred MacMurray
Eddie Rickenbacker


Lynn Bari
Lynn Bari
Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker
Lynn Bari
Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker


Charles Bickford
Charles Bickford
William Rickenbacker
Charles Bickford
William Rickenbacker


Thomas Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell
Ike Howard
Thomas Mitchell
Ike Howard


Lloyd Nolan
Lloyd Nolan
Lt. Jim Whitaker
Lloyd Nolan
Lt. Jim Whitaker


James Gleason
James Gleason
Tom Clark
James Gleason
Tom Clark


Spring Byington
Spring Byington
Mrs. Frost
Spring Byington
Mrs. Frost


Mary Philips
Mary Philips
Elsie Rickenbacker
Mary Philips
Elsie Rickenbacker


Darryl Hickman
Darryl Hickman
Eddie Rickenbacker as a boy
Darryl Hickman
Eddie Rickenbacker as a boy


Dwayne Hickman
Dwayne Hickman
Louis Rickenbacker
Dwayne Hickman
Louis Rickenbacker
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