Thunder Birds
For two pilots, one woman became a conflict of interest.
Overview
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.
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
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Cast
Preston Foster
Steve Britt
John Sutton
Peter Stackhouse
Gene Tierney
Kay Saunders
Jack Holt
Colonel MacDonald
May Whitty
Lady Jane Stackhouse
George Barbier
Col. Cyrus P. 'Gramps' Saunders
Richard Haydn
George Lockwood
Reginald Denny
Barrett
Ted North
Cadet Hackzell
Janis Carter
Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
C. Montague Shaw
Doctor
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Blake
Joyce Compton
Saleswoman
Bess Flowers
Nurse
Selmer Jackson
Bit role
Charles Tannen
American Flyer / Opening Off-Screen Narrator (voice)
Harry Strang
Forest Ranger
Walter Tetley
Messenger Boy
Walter Tetley
Red Cross Nurse Trainee (uncredited)
Peter Lawford
English Cadet (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- William A. Wellman
- Writers
- Lamar Trotti,Darryl F. Zanuck
- Producers
- Darryl F. Zanuck,Lamar Trotti
- Cinematography
- Ernest Palmer
- Composer
- David Buttolph
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CinemaSerf
December 22, 2024
"Steve" (Preston Foster) is a veteran flyer drafted into teach some new recruits from the USA, China and the UK to fly combat missions during the Second World War. It's on this mission that he hopes to rekindle his relationship with "Kay" (an underused Gene Tierney) but an unexpected fly soon appears in that particular ointment. He takes the form of "Stackhouse" (John Sutton) - a British pilot who is as keen as mustard but suffers from air-sickness. Hardly validating, indeed his bosses want to s…