Flat Top (film)

Flat Top (also released as Eagles of the Fleet) is a 1952 American drama war film filmed in Cinecolor, directed by Lesley Selander and starring Sterling Hayden, with early appearances from Phyllis Coates, Jack Larson, Richard Carlson, and William Schallert.[1] The film earned William Austin an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing in 1953.[2]

Flat Top
Directed byLesley Selander
Written bySteve Fisher
Produced byWalter Mirisch
StarringSterling Hayden
Richard Carlson
CinematographyHarry Neumann
Edited byWilliam Austin
Music byMarlin Skiles
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • October 26, 1952 (1952-10-26)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

The film begins on board an aircraft carrier off from the coast of Korea during the Korean War. Commander Collier (Hayden) is the Commander Air Group (CAG), or Air Boss, in charge of air operations on the carrier, or 'flat top'. When asked about how he first handled his job, he goes back to the time of World War II, where the rest of the film takes place. Told in flashback form, Collier recounts the war in the Pacific, working flight ops on the same carrier as the Fighter Squadron Commander with a new Executive Officer, LT Joe Rogers (Carlson), and getting a group of fighter pilots ready for the tough fight to come against the Japanese.

Cast

See also

References
  1. "Flat Top". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  2. "The 25th Academy Awards (1953) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2011.


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