They Flew Alone

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.

Cast

Anna Neagle

as Amy Johnson

Robert Newton

as Jim Mollison

Edward Chapman

as Mr. Johnson

Nora Swinburne

as ATA Commandant

Joan Kemp-Welch

as Mrs. Johnson

Brefni O'Rorke

as Mac

Charles Carson

as Lord Wakefield

Martita Hunt

as Miss Bland

William Hartnell

as Scotty

Eliot Makeham

as Mayor of Croydon

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