Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)

Regisseur:

Mervyn LeRoy

Drehbuchautoren:

Robert Considine (book)
Ted W. Lawson (book)

Premierendatum:

November 1944 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Historienfilm | Kriegsfilm

Werbezeile:

Heart-Warming Romance . . . Stark, Sensational Drama! Thrills! Action! Adventure! ...Ripped From The Heart!

Plot:

In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.

Plot Keywords:

China | Amputation | Lost Aircraft | Low Level Bombing | Aircraft Carrier

Filmpreise:

Won Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

The Best War Film of World War TWo

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 27

12:00 PM

TCM

Besetzung

Van Johnson	...	Lt. Ted Lawson
Robert Walker	...	Cpl. David Thatcher
Tim Murdock	...	Lt. Dean Davenport
Scott McKay	...	Capt. Davey Jones
Herbert Gunn	...	Bob Clever (as Gordon McDonald)
Don DeFore	...	Lt. Charles McClure
Robert Mitchum	...	Lt. Bob Gray
John R. Reilly	...	Lt. Jacob 'Shorty' Manch
Stephen McNally	...	Lt. Thomas 'Doc' White (as Horace McNally)
Spencer Tracy	...	Gen. James Doolittle
Phyllis Thaxter	...	Ellen Lawson
Donald Curtis	...	Lt. Randall
Louis Jean Heydt	...	Navy Lt. Henry Miller
William 'Bill' Phillips	...	Lt. Don Smith (as William Phillips)
Douglas Cowan	...	Lt. Everett 'Brick' Holstrm

Alternativ:

30 Sekunden über Tokio (Österreich) [de]
Dreißig Sekunden über Tokio (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

138 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Mandarin

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss | Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Altersfreigabe:

Finland:S | Spain:T | Sweden:15

Drehorte:

Chico, California, USA

Firma:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Dies und das:

Debut of John Dehner.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When the Ruptured Duck takes off from the carrier, the front of the engine cowls are dark colored. After the bomb run over Tokyo, an exterior view shows the cowls are white.

Dialogzitate:

Lieutenant Jacob 'Shorty' Manch: Well feed me corn and watch me grow! How did all this scum get in here?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in "MGM: When the Lion Roars" (1992)

The Best War Film of World War TWo

This is the true story of Jimmy Doolittle's raid over Tokyo in April of 1942, which lead directly to the battle of Midway, the turning point of the war in the Pacific. It is told through the eyes of pilot Ted Lawson and his crew, and was based on his real life account of his experiences. Van Johnson does a fine job as Lawson, and he gets great support from the remainder of the cast. The scenes on board the USS Hornet, the carrier, and the bombing of Japan, are especially good and absorbing. Most of all, this excellent movie evokes 1942 and the war, at home behind the lines and over Tokyo itself, better than any movie of its era. And the emotional farewell of the pilots and their wives was particularly touching. See it.