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Ladies Courageous is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Rawlins released in USA on 2 february 1944 with Loretta Young
Ladies Courageous (1944)
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Add to a movie listLadies Courageous (also called Fury in the Sky in a 1950 Realart re-release) is a 1944 aviation film based on the novel Looking For Trouble (1941) by Virginia Spencer Cowles. Directed by John Rawlins, the films stars Loretta Young and Geraldine Fitzgerald. It tells the story of the paramilitary Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron formed in the United States during World War II. Film historians and scholars consider Ladies Courageous an à-clef story of famed aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran and test pilot Nancy Harkness Love's work to mobilize women pilots to contribute to the war effort.
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In World War II, Roberta Harper (Loretta Young) leads the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS), made up of 25 women who ferry aircraft across the United States allowing male pilots to be released for combat service. Despite their success, her commanding officer, Colonel Andy Brennan (Richard Fraser) says that her pilots may not be able to handle dangerous missions. Roberta also has to contend with her impetuous sister, Virginia "Virgie" Alford (Geraldine Fitzgerald), and other concerns such as an affair involving Nadine Shannon (Diana Barrymore), one of her pilots. Famous aerobatic pilot Gerry Vail (Anne Gwynne), a member of "The Flying Vails", is afraid that her 100th flight may be her last, a fate that befell her father and brothers during their 100th performance. Roberta assures her that her 100th flight has already taken place.Actors
Loretta Young
(Roberta Harper)
Geraldine Fitzgerald
(Virgie Alford)
Diana Barrymore
(Nadine Shannon)
Anne Gwynne
(Gerry Vail)
Evelyn Ankers
(Wilhelmina Van Kronk)
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