Clipped Wings (1953)
They're Plane Crazy!
Slip and correspondence school pilot Sach, go to an air base to help a pal out...but find themselves in when they mistakenly sign enlistment forms. Can the Air Force turn these dodos into eagles? The guys may be airborne airheads, But just watch them find a way to ground a spy network that's infiltrated the base.
- Date of release
- 1953-08-14
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 2m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Edward Bernds
- Collection
- The Bowery Boys Collection
Casting
- Leo Gorcey — Slip Mahoney
- Huntz Hall — Horace Debussey "Sach" Jones
- Bernard Gorcey — Louie Dumbrowsky
- June Vincent — Doreen Thompson
- Mary Treen — Mildred
- Lyle Talbot — Captain Blair
- David Gorcey — Chuck
- Benny Bartlett — Butch
- Fay Roope — Col. Davenport
- Todd Karns — Lt. Dave Moreno
- Renie Riano — WAF Sgt. Anderson
- Philip Van Zandt — Joe Eckler
Interesting facts
Clipped Wings is a 1953 comedy film starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on August 14, 1953, by Allied Artists and is the thirty-first film in the series.
Production
Filming began on February 13, 1953. In a prime example of product placement, the "Atomic Jet" coin-operated amusement ride from Nat Cohn's Riteway Sales, appearing in the film and advertising material, was offered to be installed in every theatre that showed Clipped Wings.
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