Give Us Wings

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Give Us Wings

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

1940

1h 2m

7.3(3 votes)

Crime

Adventure

Comedy

Drama

Overview

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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10 featured cast members

Starring

Billy Halop

Tom

Huntz Hall

Pig

Gabriel Dell

String

Bernard Punsly

Ape

Bobby Jordan

Rap

Wallace Ford

Mr. York

Anne Gwynne

Julie Mason

Victor Jory

Mr. Arnold Carter

Shemp Howard

Buzz Berger

Milburn Stone

Tex Austin

Creative team

Directed by: Charles Lamont
Written by: Arthur T. Horman
Robert Lee Johnson
Produced by: Kenneth Goldsmith

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