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The Fighting Lady

6.1 61 mins War   Documentary   1944
United States Navy  
Director(s): Edward Steichen William Wyler

Oscar winner William Wyler directed this 1944 "newsdrama," narrated by Lieut. Robert Taylor, USNR (Bataan), and photographed in zones of combat by the U.S. Navy. The film follows one of the many new aircraft carriers built since Pearl Harbor, known as THE FIGHTING LADY in honor of all American carriers, as it goes into action against the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean in 1943. See the ship and its pilots undergo their baptism of fire, attacking the Japanese base on Marcus Island. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation.

Casts of The Fighting Lady

Charles Boyer

as Narrator (French version)

Robert Taylor

as Narrator

John S. McCain

as Himself

Joesph J. Clark

as Himself (as Jocko)

Dixie Kiefer

as Himself (as Dixie)

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