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The Flying Irishman (aka Born to Fly) is a 1939 biographical drama film produced by RKO Pictures about Douglas Corrigan's unofficial transatlantic flight the previous year in a dilapidated Curtiss Robin light aircraft. The film was directed by Leigh Jason based on a screenplay by Ernest Pagano and Dalton Trumbo.
The Flying Irishman covers the material of Corrigan's autobiography, That's My Story, from his early life to his return from his wrong-way flight. Because of the huge popularity of Corrigan and his flight, the screenplay assumes that the material is already familiar to its audience.
Original Release
04/07/1939
US Release
04/07/1939
Cast
Name | Character |
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Douglas Corrigan | Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan / Douglas Corrigan |
Paul Kelly | Butch Brannan / Butch Brannen |
Robert Armstrong | Joe Alden |
Gene Reynolds | Clyde 'Douglas' Corrigan / Young Douglas Corrigan |
Donald MacBride | Mr. Roy Thompson / Roy Thompson |
Eddie Quillan | Henry Corrigan |
J.M. Kerrigan | Mr. Clyde Corrigan Sr. |
Knox Manning | Commentator |
Dorothy Appleby | Maybelle / Maybelle - a Waitress |
Don Barclay | Bettor |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Douglas Corrigan | Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan / Douglas Corrigan |
Paul Kelly | Butch Brannan / Butch Brannen |
Robert Armstrong | Joe Alden |
Gene Reynolds | Clyde 'Douglas' Corrigan / Young Douglas Corrigan |
Donald MacBride | Mr. Roy Thompson / Roy Thompson |
Eddie Quillan | Henry Corrigan |
J.M. Kerrigan | Mr. Clyde Corrigan Sr. |
Knox Manning | Commentator |
Dorothy Appleby | Maybelle / Maybelle - a Waitress |
Don Barclay | Bettor |
Scotty Beckett | Henry Corrigan - 7 Years Old / Young Henry Corrigan |
Leon Belasco | Russian Commentator |
Becky Bohanon | Edith - as a Little Girl / Young Edith Corrigan |
George Chandler | Airport Gas Attendant / New York Airport Gas Attendant |
Spencer Charters | Smedley / Mr. Smedley |
Frank Coghlan Jr. | Teenager Taking Photograph |
Joyce Compton | Sally / Sally - a Waitress |
Joe Cunningham | Second Man Grounding Doug in New York |
Frank Faylen | New York Mechanic |
Edward Gargan | J.R. Robinson / Jim 'J.R.' Robinson |