They Flew Alone
SHE LED THE PARADE FROM SILK TO KHAKI! -- This girl who bolted a white-collar job to win her place in the air force...it's the amazing story of Amy and her Jim -- The Flying Mollisons.
1942 · 94 min · ★ 6.8 · Drama
The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.
Directed by Herbert Wilcox · Written by Viscount Castlerosse
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Anna Neagle Amy Johnson -
Robert Newton Jim Mollison -
Edward Chapman Mr. Johnson -
Nora Swinburne ATA Commandant -
Joan Kemp-Welch Mrs. Johnson -
Brefni O'Rorke Mac -
Charles Carson Lord Wakefield -
Martita Hunt Miss Bland -
William Hartnell Scotty -
Eliot Makeham Mayor of Croydon -
David Horne Solicitor -
Miles Malleson Vacuum Salesman
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