Directed by:
Mervyn LeRoyScreenplay:
Dalton TrumboComposer:
Herbert StothartCast:
Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Don DeFore, Phyllis Thaxter, Stephen McNally, Spencer Tracy, Robert Mitchum, Donald Curtis, John R. Reilly, Leon Ames, Benson Fong (more)VOD (1)
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Shortly after the bombing on Pearl Harbor, the American military began preparation for a retaliatory attack. The story of that mission is presented in THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO, based on the memoirs of Captain Ted Lawson, who flew one of the 16 twin-engine bombers over Tokyo. Spencer Tracy plays Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, the leader of the mission, while VAN JOHNSON plays the leading role of Captain Ted Lawson, whose bomber also carries star Robert Mitchum. A variety of factors makes the mission exceptionally dangerous: Twin-engine bombers had never taken off from an aircraft carrier previously; the bombers needed to fly in low, pretending to be Japanese aircraft; and the oversize bombers couldn't return to the aircraft carrier, so the intended landing site was behind enemy lines in China. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Natalie Draper
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Harold Fong
USA
Best movies:
Up in Smoke (1978)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Back to Bataan (1945)
William 'Bill' Phillips
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Spencer Chan
USA
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Casablanca (1942)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Luke Chan
Canada
Best movies:
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Bataan (1943)
Wake Island (1942)