Wings Of Chance
- Release Information
- March 1, 1961
- Los Angeles
- Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
- March 1, 1961
- Los Angeles
- Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
- March 1, 1961
- Edmonton (Rialto) and 12 other theatres in Alberta
- Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
- March 1, 1961
- Edmonton (Rialto) and 12 other theatres in Alberta
- Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
- March 23, 1961
- Los Angeles
- Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
- March 23, 1961
- Los Angeles
- Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
- March 23, 1961
- Edmonton (Rialto) and 12 other theatres in Alberta
- Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
- March 23, 1961
- Edmonton (Rialto) and 12 other theatres in Alberta
- Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
- Budget
- Actual cost: $180,000
- Budget: $100,000
- Distributors
- Universal International
- Empire Universal
- Universal International
Production Details
- Executive Producer
- Lorne H. Reed
- Producer
- Lawrence Matanski
- Lawrence Matanski
- Director
- Edward Dew
- Lawrence Matanski
- Director of Photography
- Leonard Clairmont
- Director of Sound
- Tom Goldrick
- Charles Sheid
- Music
- Michael Andersen
- Writer
- Patrick Whyte
- Patrick Whyte
- Cast
- Frances Rafferty
- Jim L. Brown
- Patrick Whyte
- Richard Tretter
- Len Crowther
- Len Crowther
- Len Crowther
- Len Crowther
- Patrick Whyte
76 minutes
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A downed bush pilot manages to communicate his whereabouts by "banding" a Canada Goose. Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
Commentaries
- Wings of Chance Commentary
If Tony Mokri hadn’t been working on a CPR sleeping car in the 1950s and found a book left behind by then Prime Minister, John Diefenbaker, Wings of Chance might never have been made. The book contained a short story by John Patrick Gillese,...
