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Release Date: 2012
Cast: Morton Lowry, Hardie Albright, Russell Arms, Reginald Gardiner, Paul Cavanagh, Dennis Morgan, James Cagney, J. M. Kerrigan, J. Farrell MacDonald, Clem Bevans, Reginald Denny, Brenda Marshall ...MORE
Cast: Morton Lowry, Hardie Albright, Russell Arms, Reginald Gardiner, Paul Cavanagh, Dennis Morgan, James Cagney, J. M. Kerrigan, J. Farrell MacDonald, Clem Bevans, Reginald Denny, Brenda Marshall, Alan Hale, Sr., George Tobias ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Action, Combat Films, War Film, Action/Adventure, Drama Film
Captains of the Clouds is a 1942 Warner Bros. war film in Technicolor, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney. It was produced by William Cagney (James Cagney's brother), with Hal B. Wallis as executive producer. The screenplay was written by Arthur T. Horman, Richard Macaulay and Norman Reilly Raine, based on a story by Horman and Roland Gillett. The cinematography was by Wilfred M. Cline, Sol Polito and Winton C. Hoch and was notable in that it was the first feature length Hollywood production filmed entirely in Canada.
The film stars James Cagney and Dennis Morgan as... MORE
Captains of the Clouds is a 1942 Warner Bros. war film in Technicolor, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney. It was produced by William Cagney (James Cagney's brother), with Hal B. Wallis as executive producer. The screenplay was written by Arthur T. Horman, Richard Macaulay and Norman Reilly Raine, based on a story by Horman and Roland Gillett. The cinematography was by Wilfred M. Cline, Sol Polito and Winton C. Hoch and was notable in that it was the first feature length Hollywood production filmed entirely in Canada.
The film stars James Cagney and Dennis Morgan as Canadian pilots who do their part in the Second World War, and features Brenda Marshall, Alan Hale, Sr., George Tobias, Reginald Gardiner and Reginald Denny in supporting roles. The title of the film came from a phrase used by Billy Bishop, the First World War fighter ace, who played himself in the film. The same words are also echoed in the narration of The Lion Has Wings documentary (1939).
In 1942, Canada had been at war with the Axis Powers for over two years, while the United States had only just entered in December 1941. A film on the ongoing Canadian involvement made sense for the American war LESS
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