---
title: 'Thunder Birds (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William A. Wellman'
released: '1942-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 78
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/thunder-birds-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035438/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Thunder Birds (1942)

1942 · 78 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Thunder Birds is a 1942 Technicolor film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, and John Sutton. It features aerial photography and location filming at an actual Arizona training base of the United States Army Air Forces named Thunderbird Field No. 1 during World War II.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William A. Wellman](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-a-wellman)
- **Screenplay:** [Lamar Trotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/lamar-trotti)
- **Producer:** [Lamar Trotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/lamar-trotti)
- **Original Music Composer:** [David Buttolph](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-buttolph)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Palmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-palmer-2)
- **Editor:** [Walter A. Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-a-thompson)

## Cast

- [Nana Bryant](https://cinepixo.com/people/nana-bryant)
- [Reginald Denny](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-denny)
- [George Barbier](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-barbier)
- [Joyce Compton](https://cinepixo.com/people/joyce-compton)
- [John Sutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-sutton)
- [Richard Haydn](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-haydn)
- [Peter Lawford](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-lawford)
- [Bess Flowers](https://cinepixo.com/people/bess-flowers)
- [Preston Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/preston-foster)
- [Janis Carter](https://cinepixo.com/people/janis-carter)
- [Gene Tierney](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-tierney)
- [May Whitty](https://cinepixo.com/people/may-whitty)
- [Jack Holt](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-holt)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/thunder-birds-1942
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