Flight for Freedom (1943)

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1943 fictionalised biopic about aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, who disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean in 1937. In the film, Rosalind Russell plays the Earhart alter ego, called Tonie Carter, and Fred MacMurray is her love interest and pilot colleague. In the film, the world famous female pilot sacrifices herself over the Pacific during a world flight in 1937, in order to enable the US Navy to fly over and photograph some secret Japanese installations on nearby islands while pretending to search for her plane.

Updated May 27 2020

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1943-04-14

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flying spying pacific aviator

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Runtime: 102 mins Rating: 5.3

Cast

Herbert Marshall

Paul Turner

Fred MacMurray

Randy Britton

Richard Loo

Mr. Yokahata

Eduardo Ciannelli

Johnny Salvini

Rosalind Russell

Tonie Carter

Walter Kingsford

Detective Doyle (uncredited)

Hugh Beaumont

Flight Instructor

Jack Carr

Bill

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Crew

Roy Webb

Original Music Composer

Lee Garmes

Director of Photography

Horace McCoy

Story

Oliver H.P. Garrett

Screenplay

Jane Murfin

Adaptation

S.K. Lauren

Screenplay

Frank Redman

Director of Photography

Lothar Mendes

Director

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