Captain Eddie

Captain Eddie is a 1945 American drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon, based on Seven Were Saved by Eddie Rickenbacker and Lt. James Whittakers We Thought We Heard the Angels Sing. The film stars Fred MacMurray, Lynn Bari and Charles Bickford. Captain Eddie is a biopic of Rickenbacker, from his experiences as a flying ace during World War I to his later involvement as a pioneering figure in civil aviation, and his iconic status as a business leader who was often at odds with labour unions and the government.

While awaiting their rescue, Rickenbacker recalls his other adventures that have highlighted a remarkable life. From his childhood in Columbus, Ohio, marked by a passion for machinery and technology, the young man becomes a celebrated race car driver, although his mother Elise Mary Philips and father William Charles Bickford have mixed feelings about his interest in cars, and eventually, aircraft. When war breaks out, Rickenbacker signs up and becomes a fighter pilot with the 94th Aero Squadron. By wars end, he has shot down more aircraft than any other American, becoming the American aceofaces.After World War I, Rickenbacker marries his sweetheart Adelaide Lynn Bari and enters commercial aviation as an owner and great advocate for the fledgling airline industry. When war breaks out again, he is compelled to return to the military. Returning to the present predicament, he becomes the natural leader of the survivors. The ordeal leads to the death of one of the men from exposure, but Rickenbackers ability to organize the dwindling supplies and keep up morale among the others, leads to their survival. After a threeweek stay in a military hospital, Rickenbacker is able to complete his mission and is hailed as a true hero. ........

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