| I Wanted Wings | |
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| Directed by | Mitchell Leisen |
| Screenplay by | Sig Herzig Beirne Lay Jr. Richard Maibaum |
| Story by | Eleanore Griffin Frank Wead |
| Based on | book I Wanted Wings by Lt. Beirne Lay Jr. |
| Produced by | Arthur Hornblow Jr. |
| Starring | Ray Milland William Holden Veronica Lake |
| Cinematography | Leo Tover |
| Edited by | Hugh Bennett |
| Music by | Victor Young |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,262,454.87[1] or $1,050,000[2] |
I Wanted Wings is a 1941 American drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen and based on a book by Lieutenant Beirne Lay Jr. The film stars Ray Milland and William Holden. The supporting cast includes Wayne Morris, Brian Donlevy, Constance Moore and Veronica Lake. I Wanted Wings features Lake's first major film role. Her career took off shortly thereafter; the same year, she starred in Sullivan's Travels.[3] Lake would become one of the most popular and successful actresses of the early 1940s.[N 1]
- ^ "Notes: I Wanted Wings." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: September 11, 2014.
- ^ "Cinderell Girl of '41". Chicago Daily Tribune. 23 February 1941. p. 3.
- ^ Lenburg 2001, p. 33.
- ^ Weil, Martin. "Veronica Lake, Ex-Actress, Dies." Washington Post, July 8, 1973, p. C8.
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