A.I.D.S Amnesia Amputee Autism Blind Cancer Deaf Disfigurement Dwarf General Learning Difficulty Limb Mental Polio Stuttering Recommended by Title Recommended by Disability 
| Limb & Spinal Conditions: Minor Films no photo.
| Title | Wings of Eagles, The (1957) | | Alternative/Original Title | | | Disability | Limb | | Country | USA | | Length | 110 | | Genre | Biography | | Rating | ? | | Director | John Ford
| | Cast | John Wayne Maureen O'Hara Dan Dailey Ward Bond
| | Notes | The story of Frank Wead. As a WWI airman he fell down stairs when drunk and was left paralysed. He has broken his neck (C5), has an operation and months of therapy. Big John, of course, is going to lick it. He regains some use of his legs but cannot remain in the airforce. Later he becomes a screenwriter and in WWII goes back to some active duty. Wead wrote the scripts for "Airmail" and "They Were Expendable".
|
 Back to Home Page
|
