They Flew Alone

They Flew Alone
British DVD cover from 2010
Directed byHerbert Wilcox
Screenplay byMiles Malleson
Story byViscount Castlerosse
Produced byHerbert Wilcox
StarringAnna Neagle
Robert Newton
Edward Chapman
CinematographyMutz Greenbaum
Edited byGeoffrey Foot
Music byWilliam Alwyn
Production
company
Herbert Wilcox Productions
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release dates
  • 29 June 1942 (1942-06-29) (UK)
  • 18 September 1942 (1942-09-18) (US)
Running time
103 minutes (UK)
94 minutes (US)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

They Flew Alone (released in the US as Wings and the Woman with 8 minutes cut out)[1] is a 1942 British biopic about aviator Amy Johnson directed and produced by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Robert Newton and Edward Chapman.[2][3] It was distributed in the UK and the US by RKO Radio Pictures.

  1. ^ "Wings and the Woman". prod.tcm.com. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  2. ^ Harmes, Marcus K.; Harmes, Barbara; Harmes, Meredith A. (18 October 2021). The Nurse in Popular Media: Critical Essays. McFarland. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-4766-8418-5.
  3. ^ Johnson, Ian (2005). William Alwyn: The Art of Film Music. Boydell Press. pp. 51–52. ISBN 978-1-84383-159-4.