Bombardier (1943)
See the bombing of Tokyo before your very eyes
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.
- Date of release
- 1943-05-14
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (21)
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Richard Wallace
Casting
- 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
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