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The McConnell Story is a american film of genre Drama directed by Gordon Douglas released in USA on 29 september 1955 with Alan Ladd

The McConnell Story (1955)

The McConnell Story
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Released in USA 29 september 1955
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OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    War,    Historical
Rating62% 3.1477453.1477453.1477453.1477453.147745

The McConnell Story is a 1955 dramatization of the life and career of U.S. Air Force pilot Joseph C. McConnell (1922–1954), who served as a navigator in World War II before becoming the top American ace during the Korean War. He was killed while serving as a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert of California. The Warner Brothers production, filmed in CinemaScope and Warner Color, starred Alan Ladd as McConnell and June Allyson as his wife. Longtime Warners staff composer Max Steiner wrote the musical score for the film.

Actors

Alan Ladd

(Capt. Joseph C. 'Mac' McConnell, Jr.)June Allyson

(Pearl 'Butch' Brown)James Whitmore

(SSgt. / Maj . / Col. Ty 'Dad' Whitman)Frank Faylen

(Sfc. Sykes)Willis Bouchey

(Newton Bass)
And :
Robert Ellis
Gregory Walcott
Frank Ferguson
John Larch
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