Captain Eddie

"Rick" is on the Screen ! The Gripping . . . Exciting Story of America's First Ace of Aces !

Duration: 108 min

Release date: 1945-06-18

IMDB

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.

Drama

Captain Eddie

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as Eddie Rickenbacker

as Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker

Charles Bickford

Charles Bickford

as William Rickenbacker

Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell

as Lt. Jim Whitaker

Spring Byington

Spring Byington

as Elsie Rickenbacker

as Eddie Rickenbacker as a boy

as Louis Rickenbacker

as Pvt. John Bartek

as Col. Hans Adamson

as Mrs. Westrom

Virginia Brissac

Virginia Brissac

Charles Russell

Charles Russell

as Sgt. Jim Reynolds

as Lester Thomas

as Richard Lacey

Nancy June Robinson

Nancy June Robinson

as Mary Rickenbacker

as Emma Rickenbacker

Gregory Marshall

Gregory Marshall

as Dewey Rickenbacker

as Albert Rickenbacker

as Bill Rickenbacker

George Mitchell

George Mitchell

as Lt. Johnny De Angelis

Joseph J. Greene

Joseph J. Greene

as Census Taker

as Prof. Montague

as Mme. Montagne

as Dr. Campbell

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Special Effects

Winfield R. Sheehan

Winfield R. Sheehan

Cyril J. Mockridge

Cyril J. Mockridge

Joseph MacDonald

Joseph MacDonald

Director of Photography

Frances C. Richardson

Frances C. Richardson

John Tucker Battle

John Tucker Battle

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