The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.
Directed by John Ford
navy
flying
u.s. navy
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.5 / 5
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Cast
John Wayne
Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
Dan Dailey
'Jughead' Carson
Maureen O'Hara
Min Wead
Ward Bond
John Dodge
Ken Curtis
John Dale Price
Edmund Lowe
Adm. Moffett
Kenneth Tobey
Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard
James Todd
Jack Travis
Barry Kelley
Capt. Jock Clark
Sig Ruman
Manager
Henry O'Neill
Capt. Spear
Willis Bouchey
Barton
Crew
John Ford
Director
Charles Schnee
Producer
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Walter Plunkett
Wardrobe Master
Ronnie Rondell Jr.
Stunts
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Popular Reviews
3 reviews
Lucas
6.0★ · 04/21/23
20 minutes of cake throwing followed by Wayne doing his best job acting like his legs don't work. It's a tonelly inconsistent relatively standard biopic running into your normal biopic flaws. Nothing too special but an interesting role for John Wayne
20 minutes of cake throwing followed by Wayne doing his best job acting like his legs don't work. It's a tonelly inconsistent relatively standard biopic running into your normal biopic flaws. Nothing too special but an interesting role for John Wayne
