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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.
Flat Top: Directed by Lesley Selander. With Sterling Hayden, Richard Carlson, William Phipps, John Bromfield. During the Korean War, aboard the U.S.S. Princeton, Navy Commander Dan Collier reminisces about his first assignment on the same aircraft carrier in the war against Japan.
Dan Collier stands aboard the U.S. Navy combat ship Princeton and reminisces about his first tour on the ship, in 1944: Dan, the squadron commander, watches as his new batch of ensigns land their fighter planes on the ship's flat top.
Considering it's Monogram making a war movie, Flat Top (1952) was better than feared. Somewhat casual and economic in the approach, but one could very well mistake this for a bigger studio production.
Flat Top is a gripping war drama from 1952 directed by Lesley Selander. It follows the life of Lieutenant Sterling Hayden, who has recently been posted as a pilot on an aircraft carrier during World War II.
Overview. A rock hard commander trains Navy Carrier Pilots during the Second World War. Lesley Selander. Director. Steve Fisher. Writer.
In an obvious attempt to recreate some of the power and impact of Henry King's Twelve O'Clock High, Lesley Selander's Flat Top tells its story in flashback as Dan Collier (Sterling Hayden), a senior officer, recalls from the bridge of the carrier Princeton during the Korean War, the first squadron he commanded on the ship during World War II.
