Give Us Wings

Give Us Wings

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

1940 · 62 min · ★ 7.3 · Crime, Adventure, Comedy, Drama

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 Arthur T. Horman

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