The Flying Irishman
The Flying Irishman
This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (40 hours worth) into the tiny, single engine plane. While expressing his intent to fly west to Long Beach, CA, Mr. Corrigan flew out of Floyd Bennett Field heading east over the Atlantic. Instrumentation in the plane included two compasses (both malfunctioned) and a turn-and-bank indicator. The cabin door was held shut with baling wire. Nearly 29 hours later, he landed in Baldonnel near Dublin. He forever claimed to be surprised at arriving in Ireland rather than California. He returned to the US as a hero, with a ticker tape parade in New York and received numerous medals and awards.
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Peggy Ryan
as Edith Corrigan
Edward Gargan
as J.R. Robinson
George Chandler
as Airport Gas Attendant
Leon Belasco
as Russian Commentator
Frank Faylen
as New York Mechanic
Ralph Graves
as First Man Grounding Doug in New York
George Magrill
as New York Airport Workman
Lee Phelps
as Mechanic Hiring Doug
Minor Watson
as Airport Personnel Manager
Charles Williams
as Car Repo Man
Robert Armstrong
as Joe Alden
Scotty Beckett
as Young Henry Corrigan
Knox Manning
as Commentator
Don Barclay
as Bettor
Frank Coghlan Jr.
as Teenager Taking Photograph
Milton Kibbee
as New York Airport Manager
Dorothy Lovett
as Telephone Operator
Paul Kelly
as Butch Brannen
Dorothy Peterson
as Ma Corrigan
Dorothy Appleby
as Maybelle
Roy Gordon
as Dr. Howard
Kenneth Harlan
as Man at New York Airport
Olaf Hytten
as Irish Airport Radio Operator
Lloyd Ingraham
as Doctor Attending Mrs. Corrigan
Horace Murphy
as Drunk at New York Airport
Cora Witherspoon
as Mamie Thompson
Spencer Charters
as Smedley
Joyce Compton
as Sally
Louis Jean Heydt
as Airport Spectator
Jack Rice
as Airplane Owner Selling It to Corrigan
Douglas Corrigan
as Douglas Corrigan
Eddie Quillan
as Henry Corrigan
Donald MacBride
as Roy Thompson
Marcia Mae Jones
as Teenager
Billy Wayne
as Photographer
Gayne Whitman
as New York City Announcer
J.M. Kerrigan
as Mr. Clyde Corrigan Sr.
Gene Reynolds
as Young Douglas Corrigan
Grady Sutton
as Clothing Store Sales Clerk
