Summary
They Flew Alone is a British film first released in 1942,
directed by Herbert Wilcox.
The film stars Anna Neagle, Robert Newton, Edward Chapman, Nora Swinburne and Joan Kemp-Welch.
It has also been released under the title: Wings and the Woman.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Herbert Wilcox
- Script: Viscount Castlerosse, Miles Malleson
- Photo: Mutz Greenbaum
- Music: William Alwyn, Marr Mackie
- Cast: Anna Neagle (Amy ’Johnnie’ Johnson), Robert Newton (Jim Mollison), Edward Chapman (Mr. Johnson), Nora Swinburne (ATA Commandant), Joan Kemp-Welch (Mrs. Johnson), Brefni O’Rorke (Mac), Charles Carson (Lord Wakefield), Martita Hunt (Miss Bland, Schoolmistress), Anthony Shaw (Official), Eliot Makeham (Mayor of Croydon), David Horne (Solicitor), Miles Malleson (Vacuum Salesman), Aubrey Mallalieu (Bill, the Barber), Charles Victor (Postmaster), Hay Petrie (Old General), John Slater (Officer on Interview Panel), Percy Parsons (Man), Cyril Smith (Radio Operator On ’Aquitania’), George Merritt (Reporter), Muriel George (Kitty, the Housekeeper), Ian Fleming (Secretary), William Hartnell (Scotty, Airman Handing Weather Report To Amy), MacDonald Parke (Man), Ted Andrews (Man), Arthur Hambling (Policeman), Peter Gawthorne (RAF Officer), Ronald Shiner (Mechanic), Margaret Halstan (Woman), Charles Maxwell (Radio Commentator (Great Britain)), Gerald Willmott (Radio Commentator (Canada)), Jack Peach (Radio Commentator (United States)), Frank Atkinson (Reporter (In the Johnson’s House)), Anne Crawford (ATA Girl), Leslie Dwyer (Lighthouse Keeper), Bryan Herbert (Airfield Weather Man), Ben Williams (Man At Australian Airfield)
- Country: UK
- Language: English
- Runtime: 100 min
- Aka: Wings and the Woman
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