Thunder Birds
Thunder Birds
Release: 1942-10-28
·Runtime: 78m
·★ 5.4
Drama
Romance
War
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 Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Cast
Preston Foster
as Steve Britt
Jack Holt
as Colonel MacDonald
Charles Tannen
as American Flyer / Opening Off-Screen Narrator (voice)
Harry Strang
as Forest Ranger
Gene Tierney
as Kay Saunders
Richard Haydn
as George Lockwood
Ted North
as Cadet Hackzell
Janis Carter
as Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
Bess Flowers
as Nurse
Peter Lawford
as English Cadet (uncredited)
John Sutton
as Peter Stackhouse
May Whitty
as Lady Jane Stackhouse
George Barbier
as Col. Cyrus P. 'Gramps' Saunders
Joyce Compton
as Saleswoman
Reginald Denny
as Barrett
C. Montague Shaw
as Doctor
Nana Bryant
as Mrs. Blake
Selmer Jackson
as Bit role
Walter Tetley
as Messenger Boy, Red Cross Nurse Trainee (uncredited)
