Flight Lieutenant
Top 8 Billed Cast
Samuel J. 'Sam' Doyle
Danny Doyle
Susie Thompson
Joseph Sanford
Cadet William "Bill" Robinson
Cadet John McGinnis
Marcel Faulet
Danny Doyle - as a boy
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