Bombardier
“See the bombing of Tokyo before your very eyes”
1943•NR•1h 39m•5.7•Released
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A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precision bombing, and establishes a school for bombardiers. Training is followed in semi-documentary style, with personal dramas in subplots. The climax is a spectacular sequence.
Director
Richard Wallace
Writer
John Twist, Lambert Hillyer
Languages
English
Studio
RKO Radio Pictures
Cast
Pat O'Brien
Chick Davis
Randolph Scott
Buck Oliver
Anne Shirley
Burton Hughes
Eddie Albert
Tom Hughes
Walter Reed
Jim Carter
Robert Ryan
Joe Connors
Barton MacLane
Archie Dixon
Leonard Strong
Japanese Officer
Richard Martin
Chito Rafferty
Eugene L. Eubank
Eugene L. Eubank
Russell Wade
Paul Harris
James Newill
Captain Rand
John Miljan
Charlie Craig
Charles Russell
Instructor
Murray Alper
Little Boy
Production
Company
RKO Radio Pictures
Producer
Robert Fellows
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