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Captain Eddie

Captain Eddie1945

★7.2108 minDrama

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.

Director

Writer

John Tucker Battle

Score

Cyril J. Mockridge

Stars

Fred MacMurray Lynn Bari Charles Bickford

Cast36

Fred MacMurray
as Eddie Rickenbacker
Lynn Bari
as Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker
Charles Bickford
as William Rickenbacker
Thomas Mitchell
as Ike Howard
Lloyd Nolan
as Lt. Jim Whitaker
James Gleason
as Tom Clark
Spring Byington
as Mrs. Frost
Mary Philips
as Elsie Rickenbacker
Darryl Hickman
as Eddie Rickenbacker as a boy
Dwayne Hickman
as Louis Rickenbacker
Richard Conte
as Pvt. John Bartek
Stanley Ridges
as Col. Hans Adamson
Dorothy Adams
as Nurse
Mary Gordon
as Mrs. Westrom
Virginia Brissac
as Flo Clark
Charles Russell
as Sgt. Jim Reynolds
Clem Bevans
as Jabez
Grady Sutton
as Lester Thomas
Chick Chandler
as Richard Lacey
N
Nancy June Robinson
as Mary Rickenbacker
W
Winifred Glyn
as Emma Rickenbacker
G
Gregory Marshall
as Dewey Rickenbacker
D
David Spencer
as Albert Rickenbacker
E
Elvin Field
as Bill Rickenbacker
George Mitchell
as Lt. Johnny De Angelis
B
Boyd Davis
as Mr. Frost
D
Don Garner
as Sgt. Alex
J
Joseph J. Greene
as Dinkenspiel
Olin Howland
as Census Taker
R
Robert Malcolm
as Mr. Foley
L
Leila McIntyre
as Mrs. Foley
Harry Shannon
as Simmons
P
Peter Garey
as Freddie
Fred Essler
as Prof. Montague
Lotte Stein
as Mme. Montagne
Earle S. Dewey
as Dr. Campbell

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