Captain Eddie
6
108 minutes
6/18/1945
Overview
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.
Cast List
Fred MacMurray
as Eddie Rickenbacker
Lynn Bari
as Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker
Charles Bickford
as William Rickenbacker
Thomas Mitchell
as Ike Howard
Lloyd Nolan
as Lt. Jim Whitaker
James Gleason
as Tom Clark
Spring Byington
as Mrs. Frost
Mary Philips
as Elsie Rickenbacker
Darryl Hickman
as Eddie Rickenbacker as a boy
Dwayne Hickman
as Louis Rickenbacker
Richard Conte
as Pvt. John Bartek
Stanley Ridges
as Col. Hans Adamson
Dorothy Adams
as Nurse
Mary Gordon
as Mrs. Westrom
Virginia Brissac
as Flo Clark
Charles Russell
as Sgt. Jim Reynolds
Clem Bevans
as Jabez
Grady Sutton
as Lester Thomas
Chick Chandler
as Richard Lacey
Nancy June Robinson
as Mary Rickenbacker
Winifred Glyn
as Emma Rickenbacker
Gregory Marshall
as Dewey Rickenbacker
David Spencer
as Albert Rickenbacker
Elvin Field
as Bill Rickenbacker
George Mitchell
as Lt. Johnny De Angelis
Boyd Davis
as Mr. Frost
Don Garner
as Sgt. Alex
Joseph J. Greene
as Dinkenspiel
Olin Howland
as Census Taker
Robert Malcolm
as Mr. Foley
Leila McIntyre
as Mrs. Foley
Harry Shannon
as Simmons
Peter Garey
as Freddie
Fred Essler
as Prof. Montague
Lotte Stein
as Mme. Montagne
Earle S. Dewey
as Dr. Campbell