Movie: Captain Eddie

Top 10 Billed Cast

Fred MacMurray
Fred MacMurray

Eddie Rickenbacker

Lynn Bari
Lynn Bari

Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker

Charles Bickford
Charles Bickford

William Rickenbacker

Thomas Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell

Ike Howard

Lloyd Nolan
Lloyd Nolan

Lt. Jim Whitaker

James Gleason
James Gleason

Tom Clark

Spring Byington
Spring Byington

Mrs. Frost

Mary Philips
Mary Philips

Elsie Rickenbacker

Darryl Hickman
Darryl Hickman

Eddie Rickenbacker as a boy

Dwayne Hickman
Dwayne Hickman

Louis Rickenbacker

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  • 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.

  • Release Date

    1945-06-18

  • Average

    6

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
  • Tagline

    "Rick" is on the Screen ! The Gripping . . . Exciting Story of America's First Ace of Aces !

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    English
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