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Flat Top is a american film of genre Drama directed by Lesley Selander released in USA on 26 october 1952 with Sterling Hayden
Flat Top (1952)
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Add to a movie listFlat Top (also released as Eagles of the Fleet) is a 1952 American drama film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Sterling Hayden, with early appearances from Phyllis Coates, Jack Larson, Richard Carlson, and William Schallert. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing.
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The film begins away from the coast of Korea during the Korean War. Commander Collier (Hayden) is in charge of air operations on a carrier, or 'flat top'. When asked about how he first handled his job, he goes back to the time of World War II, where the film takes place. Told in flashback form, Collier recounts the war in the Pacific, working flight ops on the same carrier with a new second officer, Lt. (j.g.) Joe Rogers (Carlson), and getting a group of pilots ready for the tough fight to come against the Japanese.Actors
Sterling Hayden
(Commander Dan Collier)
Richard Carlson
(Lt. (j.g.) Joe Rodgers)
Keith Larsen
(Ens. Barney Smith / Barney Oldfield)
William Phipps
(Red Kelley)
John Bromfield
(Ens. Snakehips McKay)
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