Biographical drama starring Anna Neagle and Robert Newton. Intrepid aviator Amy Johnson possessed the determination and spirit of adventure that made her one of Britain's best-loved fliers. But her ill-fated marriage to troubled fellow pilot Jim Mollison threatened to overshadow her record-breaking achievements.
Called Wings and the Woman on its American release, this is producer/director Herbert Wilcox's account of the life of pioneer female flier Amy Johnson. Anna Neagle plays Johnson with vim and vigour, though her playboy husband is portrayed by Robert Newton as little more than an alcoholic co-pilot. Johnson perished in a plane crash in the Thames Estuary in 1941, and Wilcox's device of having the character return from beyond the grave to deliver a patriotic wartime sermon now seems mawkish.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Amy Johnson | Anna Neagle |
| Jim Mollison | Robert Newton |
| Mr Johnson | Edward Chapman |
| Mrs Johnson | Joan Kemp-Welch |
| ATA commandant | Nora Swinburne |
| Lord Wakefield | Charles Carson |
| Mac | Brefni O'Rorke |
| Housekeeper | Muriel George |
| Schoolmistress | Martita Hunt |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Herbert Wilcox |
