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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, Metacritic 77/100. Scores higher than 81% of the 83 1940s war movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic77/100
73 audience votes
Key crew
- Herbert StothartOriginal Music Composer
- Dalton TrumboScreenplay
- Mervyn LeRoyDirector
Cast
- Van JohnsonTed Lawson
- Robert WalkerDavid Thatcher
- Spencer TracyLt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle
- Tim MurdockDean Davenport
- Don DeForeCharles McClure
- Herbert GunnBob Clever
- Phyllis ThaxterEllen Lawson
- Stephen McNally'Doc' White
- John R. Reilly'Shorty' Manch
- Robert MitchumBob Gray
- Scott McKayDavey Jones
- Donald CurtisLieut. Randall
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Themes
secret missionworld war iilieutenanttokyo, japanbomber pilotdangerous missionimperial japancomradeshipexpectant parentspensacola, floridau.s. army air corpsmenb25 bomber