Flight Nurse (film)
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Directed by | Allan Dwan |
Written by | Alan Le May |
Starring | Joan Leslie |
Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Flight Nurse is a 1953 American biopic and War film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Joan Leslie. The movie is largely based on the life of Lillian Kinkella Keil, one of the most decorated women in American military history.[1][2]
Plot
Two Air Force soldiers, Captain Mike Barnes (Arthur Franz) and Captain Bill Eaton (Forrest Tucker), fall in love with flight nurse Lt. Polly Davis (Joan Leslie) during the Korean War.[1]
Cast
- Joan Leslie as Lt. Polly Davis
- Forrest Tucker as Capt. Bill Eaton
- Arthur Franz as Capt. Mike Barnes
- Jeff Donnell as Lt. Ann Phillips
- Ben Cooper as Pfc. Marvin Judd
- James Holden as Sgt. Frank Swan
- Kristine Miller as Lt. Kit Ramsey
- Maria Palmer as Captain Martha Ackerman
- Dick Simmons as Lt. Tommy Metcalfe (as Richard Simmons)
- James Brown as Flight engineer
- Hal Baylor as Sgt. Jimmy Case
References
- 1 2 "Flight Nurse". NY Times. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
- ↑ "Lillian Kinkella Keil, 88; 'an Airborne Florence Nightingale'". LA Times, July 10, 2005. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
External links
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