Movie Description
Bombardier
(1943)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Richard Wallace
- Producer : Robert Fellows
- Writer : John Twist,Lambert Hillyer
- Editor : Robert Wise
- Cast : Pat O’Brien,Randolph Scott,Anne Shirley,Eddie Albert,Walter Reed,Robert Ryan,Barton MacLane,Leonard Strong,Richard Martin,Eugene L. Eubank,Russell Wade,James Newill,John Miljan,Charles Russell,Murray Alper,Stanley Andrews,Joan Barclay,Hugh Beaumont,Abner Biberman,Charles D. Brown,John Calvert,James Craven,Eddie Dew,Bruce Edwards,Martin Faust,Walter Fenner,Paul Fix,George Ford,Erford Gage,Bud Geary,Kirby Grant,Eddie Hall,Neil Hamilton,Herbert Heyes,Russell Hoyt,Lloyd Ingraham,John James,Joe King,Mike Lally,Harold Landon,Warren Mace,Wayne McCoy,Robert Middlemass,Bert Moorhouse,Flower Parry,Paul Parry,Edward Peil Sr.,Joey Ray,Cyril Ring,John Sheehan,Lee Shumway,Margie Stewart,Larry Wheat,Dick Winslow,Allen Wood,Charles Flynn
Cast
Chick Davis
Buck Oliver
Burton Hughes
Tom Hughes
Jim Carter
Joe Connors
Archie Dixon
Japanese Officer
Chito Rafferty
Eugene L. Eubank
Paul Harris
Captain Rand
Charlie Craig
Instructor
Little Boy
Congressman
Buck's Secretary
Soldier
Japanese Sergeant
Officer at Briefing
Calvert the Magician
Major Morris
Chick's B-17 Co-Pilot
Lieutenant Ellis
Soldier
Congressman
Big Guy
Co-Pilot
Meyer
Sergeant
Pilot
Douglas A-20 Crewman
Colonel
General
Photographer
Colonel
Buck's B-17 Co-Pilot
General Barnes
Co-Pilot
Pete Jordan
Co-Pilot
Instructor
Officer
Congressman
Magic Show Spectator
Captain Driscoll
Officer
Navigator
Captain Randall
Congressman
Officer
Mamie Foster
Doctor
Navigator
Army Clerk
Radio Operator
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Facts
Original TitleBombardier
Status Released
Release Information
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1943-05-14
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 39m
Production CompaniesRKO Radio Pictures
Genres
- Drama
- War