Here Come the Jets (1959)
It takes the toughest guys in the world to fly the lightning jets of space!
The rehabilitation of a Korean War veteran coincides with the advent of passenger jets.
- Date of release
- 1959-06-01
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Director
- Gene Fowler Jr.
Casting
- Steve Brodie — Logan
- Lyn Thomas — Joyce
- Mark Dana — Wallack
- John Doucette — Randall
- Jean Carson — Jean
- Carleton Young — Burton
- Joe Turkel — Henley
- I. Stanford Jolley — Bartender
- Gloria Moreland — B-Girl
- Vikki Dougan — Blonde
- B.B. Hughes — Stripper
- Tiger Joe Marsh — Turnkey (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Here Come the Jets is a 1959 American aviation drama film directed by Gene Fowler, Jr. and written by Louis Vittes. The API, the B picture unit of 20th Century Fox was involved. Here Come the Jets stars Steve Brodie, Lyn Thomas, Mark Dana, John Doucette, Jean Carson and Carleton Young.
Production
Originally director Gene Fowler, Jr. intended to collaborate with Louis Vittes on the screenplay. Principal photography on Here Come the Jets started on January 19, 1959. Additional filming took place from mid-late February 1959. As a B film, a great deal of reliance was on stock footage of the new Boeing 707 airliner.
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