
Ships with Wings
Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regarded the last of the conventional, rather stiff 1930's style Ealing war films, to be succeeded by much more realism and better storytelling.
Cast

Frank Cellier
Gen. Scarappa

Morland Graham
C.P.O.Marsden

Edward Chapman
Papadopoulos

Hugh Williams
Wagner

Hugh Burden
Sub.Lt. Weatherby

John Laurie
Lt.Comdr. Reid

Jane Baxter
Celia Wetherby

Frank Pettingell
Fields

Betty Marsden
Jean

George Merritt
Surgeon Comdr.

Clive Baxter
Boy

John Clements
Lt. Dick Stacey

Ann Todd
Kay Gordon

Basil Sydney
Capt. Fairfax

Michael Wilding
Lieut. Grant

Michael Rennie
Lieut. Maxwell

John Stuart
Commdr. Hood

Ian Fleming
Colonel

Leslie Banks
Vice Adm. David Wetherby

Cecil Parker
German Air Marshal

Charles Victor
MacDermott