Wing and a Prayer (1944) | |
| Director(s) | Henry Hathaway |
| Producer(s) | William A. Bacher, Walter Morosco |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, War |
| Top Topics | Aviation, World War II |
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Wing and a Prayer (1944) was a War - Drama Film directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Walter Morosco and William A. Bacher.
Academy Awards 1944 --- Ceremony Number 17 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Writing | Jerome Cady | Nominated |
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This movie's opening prologue states: "For the purposes of military security the names of men and some of the ships in this motion picture are fictitious, but the important incidents and the heroism are history."
Erskine Caldwell and Norman Reilly Raine were the screenwriters of the early period when it was known as "Torpedo Squadron 8" and was going to be an historically factual and biographical account of Torpedo Squadron 8 and Ensign George Gay. However, the studio changed the picture's direction to a more fictionalized account. As such, it is not known to what extent their work on this movie remained in the final shooting script.
The film's title is an abbreviation of the famous aviator slogan, "Coming in on a wing and a prayer" but in turn is not intentionally related to the 1943 song of the same title, music and lyrics by Harold Adamson and Jimmy McHugh.
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Erskine Caldwell and Norman Reilly Raine were the screenwriters of the early period when it was known as "Torpedo Squadron 8" and was going to be an historically factual and biographical account of Torpedo Squadron 8 and Ensign George Gay. However, the studio changed the picture's direction to a more fictionalized account. As such, it is not known to what extent their work on this movie remained in the final shooting script.
The film's title is an abbreviation of the famous aviator slogan, "Coming in on a wing and a prayer" but in turn is not intentionally related to the 1943 song of the same title, music and lyrics by Harold Adamson and Jimmy McHugh.
read more facts about Wing and a Prayer...
