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
star 5.3/10
From 6 Ratings

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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  • Preston Foster

    as Steve Britt
  • John Sutton

    as Peter Stackhouse
  • Gene Tierney

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

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