22 Oct 2009
Amelia
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
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.
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.
Top Billed Cast
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
Aubrey Mallalieu Bill, the Barber
Charles Victor Postmaster
Hay Petrie Old General
John Slater Officer on Interview Panel
Percy Parsons 
Cyril Smith Aquitania Radio Operator
George Merritt Reporter
Muriel George Kitty the Housekeeper
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