The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.
Cast
John Wayne
Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
Dan Dailey
'Jughead' Carson
Maureen O'Hara
Min Wead
Ward Bond
John Dodge
Ken Curtis
John Dale Price
Edmund Lowe
Adm. Moffett
Kenneth Tobey
Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard
James Todd
Jack Travis
Barry Kelley
Capt. Jock Clark
Sig Ruman
Manager
Henry O'Neill
Capt. Spear
Willis Bouchey
Barton
Dorothy Jordan
Rose Brentmann
Evelyn Rudie
Doris Wead
Chuck Roberson
Officer
Ray Baker
Captain
Peter Ortiz
Lt. Charles Dexter
Crew
John Ford
Director
Frank Wead
Writer
William Wister Haines
Screenplay
Frank Fenton
Screenplay
Gene Ruggiero
Editor
Paul Vogel
Director of Photography
Wingate Smith
Assistant Director
Charles Schnee
Producer
James E. Newcom
Associate Producer
Walter Plunkett
Wardrobe Master
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Wesley C. Miller
Sound Supervisor
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Jeff Alexander
Original Music Composer
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
F. Keogh Gleason
Set Decoration
John Dale Price
Technical Advisor
Ronnie Rondell Jr.
Stunts
Malcolm Brown
Art Direction
William A. Horning
Art Direction
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