Thunder Birds

Thunder Birds (1942)

For two pilots, one woman became a conflict of interest.

  • Genre: Drama, Romance, War
  • Release Date: 1942-10-28
  • User Rating: 5.3/10 from 6 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 18min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 20th Century Fox
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: William A. Wellman
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Summary

On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Stackhouse, competes with Britt for the affections of Kay Saunders, the daughter of a local rancher. Despite their differences, Britt makes sure Sutton passes his training and becomes a combat pilot -- even though he loses Kay to the young man in the process.

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  • Gene Tierney

    as Kay Saunders

  • Preston Foster

    as Steve Britt

  • John Sutton

    as Peter Stackhouse

  • Jack Holt

    as Colonel MacDonald

  • May Whitty

    as Lady Jane Stackhouse

  • George Barbier

    as Col. Cyrus P. 'Gramps' Saunders

  • Richard Haydn

    as George Lockwood

  • Reginald Denny

    as Barrett

  • Ted North

    as Cadet Hackzell

  • Janis Carter

    as Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee

  • C. Montague Shaw

    as Doctor

  • Viola Moore

    as Nurse

  • Nana Bryant

    as Mrs. Blake

  • Joyce Compton

    as Saleswoman

  • Bess Flowers

    as Nurse

  • Selmer Jackson

    as Bit role

  • Charles Tannen

    as American Flyer / Opening Off-Screen Narrator (voice)

  • Harry Strang

    as Forest Ranger

  • Walter Tetley

    as Messenger Boy

  • Walter Tetley

    as Red Cross Nurse Trainee (uncredited)

  • Peter Lawford

    as English Cadet (uncredited)
Directing William A. Wellman Director
Writing Lamar Trotti Screenplay
Writing Darryl F. Zanuck Story
Production Darryl F. Zanuck Executive Producer
Production Lamar Trotti Producer
Sound David Buttolph Music
Editing Walter Thompson Editor
Art James Basevi Art Direction
Art Richard Day Art Direction
Art Thomas Little Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Dolly Tree Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Guy Pearce Makeup Artist
Camera Ernest Palmer Director of Photography

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