Captains of the Clouds

So full of spectacle and glory it had to be made in Technicolor!

114 mins
Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF.

James Cagney

Brian MacLean (bush pilot)

Dennis Morgan

Johnny Dutton (bush pilot)

Brenda Marshall

Emily Foster

Alan Hale

Francis Patrick 'Tiny' Murphy (bush pilot)

George Tobias

Blimp Lebec (bush pilot)

Reginald Gardiner

Scrounger Harris (bush pilot)

W.A. Bishop

Himself

Reginald Denny

Commanding officer

Russell Arms

Louis 'Alabama' Prentiss

Paul Cavanagh

Group Captain

Clem Bevans

Sam 'Store-Teeth' Morrison

J.M. Kerrigan

Foster (storekeeper / Emily's father)

J. Farrell MacDonald

Dr. Neville (from Churchtown)

Patrick O'Moore

Fyffe

Morton Lowry

Carmichael

Pat Flaherty

Drill Sergeant

Winifred Harris

Red Cross Collector

Michael Curtiz

Director

Arthur T. Horman

Story

Roland Gillett

Story

Arthur T. Horman

Screenplay

Richard Macaulay

Screenplay

Norman Reilly Raine

Screenplay

C.A. Riggs

Sound

Leo F. Forbstein

Music Director

Max Steiner

Original Music Composer

George Amy

Editor

Wilfrid M. Cline

Director of Photography

Sol Polito

Director of Photography

Ted Smith

Art Direction

Howard Shoup

Costume Design

Perc Westmore

Makeup Artist

Hal B. Wallis

Executive Producer

William Cagney

Associate Producer

Byron Haskin

Special Effects

Rex Wimpy

Special Effects

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