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Ladies Courageous (also called Fury in the Sky in a 1950 Realart re-release) is a 1944 war film based on the novel Looking For Trouble (1941) by Virginia Spencer Cowles. Directed by John Rawlins, the film 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 aviator Jacqueline Cochran and test pilot Nancy Harkness Love's work to mobilize women pilots to contribute to the war effort.
Original Release
02/01/1944
US Release
02/01/1944
Cast
Name | Character |
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Loretta Young | Roberta Harper |
Geraldine Fitzgerald | Virgie Alford |
Diana Barrymore | Nadine Shannon / Nadine |
Anne Gwynne | Gerry Vail |
Evelyn Ankers | Wilhelmina Van Kronk / Wilhelmina |
Phillip Terry | Maj. Tommy Harper / Tommy Harper |
David Bruce | Frank Garrison |
Lois Collier | Jill Romilly / Jill |
June Vincent | Mary Frances Wright / Mary Frances |
Samuel S. Hinds | Brig. Gen. Wade / Brig. General Wade |
Directors
Writers
Virginia Spencer Cowles, Doris Gilbert, Norman Reilly Raine
Cast
Name | Character |
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Loretta Young | Roberta Harper |
Geraldine Fitzgerald | Virgie Alford |
Diana Barrymore | Nadine Shannon / Nadine |
Anne Gwynne | Gerry Vail |
Evelyn Ankers | Wilhelmina Van Kronk / Wilhelmina |
Phillip Terry | Maj. Tommy Harper / Tommy Harper |
David Bruce | Frank Garrison |
Lois Collier | Jill Romilly / Jill |
June Vincent | Mary Frances Wright / Mary Frances |
Samuel S. Hinds | Brig. Gen. Wade / Brig. General Wade |
Richard Fraser | Colonel Brennan |
Frank Jenks | Snapper Anthony Walgreen / Snapper |
Janet Shaw | Bee Jay |
Kane Richmond | Alex Anderson |
Joel Allen | Officer |
Carlyle Blackwell Jr. | Pilot |
Margaret Brayton | Nurse |
Betty Brodel | WAF |
Steve Brodie | Tower Man |
Lillian Bronson | Nurse |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Walter Wanger | Producer |