Bombardier
See the bombing of Tokyo before your very eyes
Rating: 5.7 out of 10TMDB(21 votes)
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Special Effects (1944)
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Filming locations
Filmed in New Mexico
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Setting
Set in New Mexico and Nagoya
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Music
Music by Roy Webb
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Joseph F. Biroc and Nicholas Musuraca
Details
- Director
- Writers
- John TwistWriter
- Lambert HillyerWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 14, 1943
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Pat O'BrienChick Davis
Randolph ScottBuck Oliver
Anne ShirleyBurton Hughes
Eddie AlbertTom Hughes
Walter ReedJim Carter
Robert RyanJoe Connors
Barton MacLaneArchie Dixon
Leonard StrongJapanese Officer
Richard MartinChito Rafferty- Eugene L. EubankEugene L. Eubank
Russell WadePaul Harris
James NewillCaptain Rand
John MiljanCharlie Craig
Charles RussellInstructor
Murray AlperLittle Boy
Stanley AndrewsCongressman
Joan BarclayBuck's Secretary
Hugh BeaumontSoldier
Abner BibermanJapanese Sergeant
Charles D. BrownOfficer at Briefing
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