Captain Eddie (1945)
"Rick" is on the Screen ! The Gripping . . . Exciting Story of America's First Ace of Aces !
107 min
WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the early years of civil airline service, after his plane crashed in the South Pacific in late 1942.
- Release date
- June 18, 1945
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Fred MacMurray as Capt. Edward Rickenbacker
- Lynn Bari as Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker
- Charles Bickford as William Rickenbacker
- Thomas Mitchell as Ike Howard
- Lloyd Nolan as Lt. Jim Whittaker
- James Gleason as Tom Clark
- Mary Philips as Elsie Rickenbacker
- Darryl Hickman as Eddie Rickenbacker - as a Boy
- Spring Byington as Mrs. Frost
- Richard Conte as Pvt. John Bartek
Crew
- Lloyd Bacon · Director
- John Tucker Battle · Writer
- Winfield R. Sheehan · Producer
- Cyril J. Mockridge · Composer
- Joseph MacDonald · Cinematographer
- James B. Clark · Editor