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Flight For Freedom

Date: 1943
Type: Drama / Action
Rating: 2 Stars 2/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Lothar Mendes
Producer: David Hempstead

Comment/Synopsis

This is a highly fictionalised account of the life of the American long distance flyer Amelia Earhart, though given a different name in this film. This is more propaganda than flying action, with Rosalind Russell as the flyer.

Actors


Rosalind RussellRosalind Russell
Fred macMurrayFred MacMurray
Herbert MarshallHerbert Marshall
Eduardo CiannelliEduardo Ciannelli
Walter KingsfordWalter Kingsford

Oscars

Nomination - Art Direction
Production
RKO Radio Pictures