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Release Date: 1943

Cast: Rosalind Russell

Categories: Movies, Adventure, Black-and-white, Film à clef

Flight for Freedom is a 1943 American drama film directed by Lothar Mendes. Film historians and Earhart scholars consider Flight for Freedom an "a clef" version of the Amelia Earhart life story concentrating on the sensational aspects of her disappearance during her 1937 world flight. The film's ending speculated that the main character's disappearance was connected to a secret mission to aid the U.S. government. Tonie Carter (Russell) is a well-known aviatrix who is fighting the entrenched aviation establishment of the 1930s which has a built-in prejudice against women pilots. After... MORE

Flight for Freedom is a 1943 American drama film directed by Lothar Mendes. Film historians and Earhart scholars consider Flight for Freedom an "a clef" version of the Amelia Earhart life story concentrating on the sensational aspects of her disappearance during her 1937 world flight. The film's ending speculated that the main character's disappearance was connected to a secret mission to aid the U.S. government. Tonie Carter (Russell) is a well-known aviatrix who is fighting the entrenched aviation establishment of the 1930s which has a built-in prejudice against women pilots. After setting flight records, she embarks on a top-secret mission. Although she is in love with fellow aviator Randy Britton (MacMurray), he does not approve of the flight, nor does her flight instructor, Paul Turner (Marshall), as it involves flying over Japanese held territory in the Pacific. Carter vanishes during the latter part of the world flight, triggering a massive search which proves fruitless. As appearing in screen credits (main roles identified): Reportedly based on a screenplay submitted by Amelia Earhart's husband, George P. Putnam, Rosalind Russell's characterization of the Earhart-like LESS