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Give Us Wings

Give Us Wings

TOUGH HIDES...and STOUT HEARTS!...THE DEAD END KIDS and Little Tough Guys!

19406.01h 2m

Overview

Dead End Kids epic. The boys want desperately to fly, and get mixed up with crooked crop dusters, whose planes are flying deathtraps.

Directed by Charles Lamont
Written by Robert Lee Johnson, Arthur T. Horman
Produced by Kenneth Goldsmith
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Top Cast

Billy Halop

Billy Halop

Tom

Huntz Hall

Huntz Hall

Pig

Gabriel Dell

Gabriel Dell

String

Bernard Punsly

Bernard Punsly

Ape

Bobby Jordan

Bobby Jordan

Rap

Wallace Ford

Wallace Ford

Mr. York

Anne Gwynne

Anne Gwynne

Julie Mason

Victor Jory

Victor Jory

Mr. Arnold Carter

Shemp Howard

Shemp Howard

Buzz Berger

Milburn Stone

Milburn Stone

Tex Austin

Themes & Keywords

airplanegangdead end kidscrop dustinglittle tough guys

About Give Us Wings

Give Us Wings is a crime, adventure, comedy, drama film released in 1940 exploring themes of airplane, gang, dead end kids, crop dusting, little tough guys. Directed by Charles Lamont, it stars Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell. Dead End Kids epic. The boys want desperately to fly, and get mixed up with crooked crop dusters, whose planes are flying deathtraps.

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