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Year:
Duration:
124 min
Genres:
Action | Drama | History | War
IMDB rate:
7.1
Director:
Howard Hawks
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 3 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1943-03-20
Filming Locations: Santa Barbara, California, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
John Ridgely
Pilot
Gig Young
Co-Pilot
Arthur Kennedy
Bombardier
Charles Drake
Navigator
Harry Carey
Crew Chief
George Tobias
Asst. Crew Chief
Ward Wood
Radio Operator
Ray Montgomery
Asst. Radio Operator
John Garfield
Aerial Gunner
Stanley Ridges
Major Mallory
Willard Robertson
Colonel at Hickam Field
Moroni Olsen
Col. Blake
Edward Brophy
Marine Sgt. J.J. Callahan (as Edward S. Brophy)
Richard Lane
Maj. W.G. Roberts
Bill Crago
Lieut. P T. Moran
Faye Emerson
Susan McMartin
Addison Richards
Maj. Daniels
James Flavin
Maj. A.M. Bagley
Murray Alper
Butch - Demolition Squad Corporal (uncredited)
Lynn Baggett
Nurse (uncredited)
Leah Baird
Nurse #2 (uncredited)
Rand Brooks
Co-Pilot (uncredited)
James Bush
Clark Field Control Officer (uncredited)
Ann Doran
Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
Warren Douglas
Hickam Field Control Officer (uncredited)
Bill Edwards
Soldier (uncredited)
John Estes
Orderly (uncredited)
Charles Flynn
Sergeant (uncredited)
Ross Ford
Second Lieutenant (uncredited)
Ruth Ford
Nurse (uncredited)
William Forrest
Group Commander Jack Harper (uncredited)
Pat Gleason
Marine (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Sergeant (uncredited)
William Hopper
Sergeant (uncredited)
David S. Horsley
Orderly (uncredited)
Marjorie Hoshelle
Nurse (uncredited)
Bill Hunter
Marine (uncredited)
Bill Kennedy
Marine (uncredited)
Allan Lane
Marine (uncredited)
Charles Lang
Soldier (uncredited)
Harry Lewis
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Warren Mace
Orderly (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
James Millican
Marine with Dog on Wake Island (uncredited)
Maurice Murphy
Harper's Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Tom Neal
Marine (uncredited)
George N. Neise
Hickam Field Radio Operator
George Offerman Jr.
Ground Crewman (uncredited)
Dorothy Peterson
Mrs. Chester (uncredited)
Walter Sande
Joe - Mechanic at Clark Field (uncredited)
Edward Soo Hoo
Chinese (uncredited)
Walter Soo Hoo
Chinese (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
Doctor Attending Quincannon (uncredited)
Freddie Steele
Marine (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz
First Lieutenant (uncredited)
Hal Welling
Officer (uncredited)
Pat West
Soldier with Demolition Squad (uncredited)
Victor Zimmerman
Marine (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
One of the top three money makers for Warner Brothers in 1943.
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This film was shot at Drew Field, Tampa, Florida, USA, in August 1942.
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An uncredited William Faulkner wrote the emotional death bed scene for the Mary Ann's pilot.
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Goofs
Despite reports by Susan McMartin and other characters attributing the loss of planes at Hickham Field and attacks on civilians to Japanese-American saboteurs in bomb-ladened vegetable trucks, there were in fact no actual acts of sabotage. The reports made in the film were propaganda reflecting the hysteria of time.
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Throughout the movie, stock film of several different versions of the B-17 is used, often depicting the same aircraft. For example, Mary Ann is a B-17B, the earliest version of the aircraft in production, but the beach crash scene at the end of the movie uses film of a later B-17, probably a B-17C or D.
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When the B-17 "Mary Ann" is in the Philippines, there is a scene where Bell P-39 "Aircobras" take off. While the P-39 was operational with the Army Air Force in December 1941, there were no P-39s deployed to the Philippines before, during, or after the Japanese invasion. The main pursuit aircraft in the Philippines at the time of the December attack were the Curtiss P-40 "Warhawk," and obsolescent Seversky P-35s and Boeing P-26 "Peashooters." All were quickly overwhelmed by Japanese forces.
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Quotes
Sgt. Joe Winocki: [looking down at devastation in Pearl Harbor] Damn 'em!, Damn 'em!
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Pilot Irish Quincannon: Tell the crew they can sleep in the next world.
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Radio Operator Peterson: [looking down] That's an awful big town, San Francisco.
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