Fighter Squadron (1948)
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Excellent Technicolor photography, principally in the aerial scenes, is the main asset of the cliché-ridden Fighter Squadron. Set in the months just prior to D-Day, the plot zeroes in on Marjor Ed Hardin (Edmond O'Brien) leader of a squadron of fearless combat pilots. In keeping with the… More Excellent Technicolor photography, principally in the aerial scenes, is the main asset of the cliché-ridden Fighter Squadron. Set in the months just prior to D-Day, the plot zeroes in on Marjor Ed Hardin (Edmond O'Brien) leader of a squadron of fearless combat pilots. In keeping with the conventions of the era, the training and flying sequences are counterbalanced with comic byplay involving wheeler-dealer Sergeant Dolan (Tom D'Andrea), whose flippant attitudes towards the opposite sex are a bit hard to take today. Far more effective is the performance of 15-year-old Jack Larson, making his screen debut in the role of a rookie pilot who grows up in a hurry after scoring his first kill (Larson later gained TV immortality as Jimmy Olsen on Superman). Also making his first screen appearance, in a role so small it isn't even billed, is a former truck driver named Rock Hudson. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Raoul Walsh
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 19, 1948 Wide
- Studio
- Franco London Films
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Cast
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Edmond O'Brien
as Maj. Ed Hardin
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Robert Stack
as Capt. Stu Hamilton
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John Rodney
as Col. Bill Brickley
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Tom D'Andrea
as Sgt. Dolan
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Henry Hull
as Brig. Gen. Mike McCready
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James Holden
as Tennessee
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Walter Reed
as Capt. Duke Chappell
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Shepperd Strudwick
as Brig. Gen. M. Gilbert
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Arthur Space
as Maj. Sanford
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Jack Larson
as Lt. "Shorty" Kirk
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William McLean
as Pvt. Wilbur
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Mickey McCardle
as Jacobs
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Joel Allen
as Sentry
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Jean Fenwick
as Lady Woodbine
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Carl Harbaugh
as Cockney
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Hallene Hill
as Old Lady
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Rock Hudson
as Lieutenant
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Guy Kingsford
as English Photographer
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Charles Lind
as Beagle Operator
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Robert Manning
as Bomber Pilot
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John McGuire
as Maj. Duncan
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Harry McKim
as Ball Turret Gunner
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Dick Paxton
as Turret Gunner
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Jeff Richards
as Captain
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John Royce
as German Radio Operator
- Gilchrist Stuart
- William Yetter Jr.
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John Chapin Morgan
as Gunner
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Don Phillips
as Lieutenant
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Jack Grant
as Projectionist
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George Adrian
as German Pilot
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Bill Cabanne
as Control Tower Operator
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Patricia Northrup
as Blonde Girl
- Willy Wickerhauser
- George Backus
