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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
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Release Date:
November 1944 (USA) moreTagline:
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. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Won Oscar. Another 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Van Johnson: 1916 - 2008 (From IMDb News. 14 December 2008, 1:27 PM, PST)
Actor Van Johnson Dies
(From WENN. 12 December 2008, 11:34 AM, PST)
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Good Romantic War Movie more (40 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Van Johnson | ... | Ted Lawson - Crew of the Ruptured Duck | |
| Robert Walker | ... | David Thatcher - Crew of the Ruptured Duck | |
| Tim Murdock | ... | Dean Davenport - Crew of the Ruptured Duck | |
| Don DeFore | ... | Charles McClure - Crew of the Ruptured Duck | |
| Herbert Gunn | ... | Bob Clever - Crew of the Ruptured Duck (as Gordon McDonald) | |
| Phyllis Thaxter | ... | Ellen Lawson | |
| Stephen McNally | ... | 'Doc' White (as Horace McNally) | |
| John R. Reilly | ... | 'Shorty' Manch | |
| Robert Mitchum | ... | Bob Gray | |
| Scott McKay | ... | Davey Jones | |
| Donald Curtis | ... | Lieut. Randall | |
| Louis Jean Heydt | ... | Lieut. Miller | |
| William 'Bill' Phillips | ... | Don Smith (as Wm. 'Bill' Phillips) | |
| Douglas Cowan | ... | 'Brick' Holstrom | |
| Paul Langton | ... | Captain 'Ski' York |
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138 minCountry:
USAColor:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #10248) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Spain:T | Sweden:15Fun Stuff
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The scars visible on Van Johnson's forehead at the end of the film are not makeup, they're real. He was involved in a near-fatal car accident the previous year just after filming A Guy Named Joe (1943). The filmmakers chose to accentuate rather than hide these scars for the post-mission half of the movie, since his character Ted Lawson was quite banged up, too. They're particularly evident in the last scene of the movie when he's on the floor talking with his wife. moreGoofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Gen Jimmy Doolittle shows up at Lt Lawson's hospital room near the end of the movie, he's wearing his Medal of Honor ribbon upside-down. It should have the 3 stars along the bottom and the 2 stars along the top to resemble the letter "M". Throughout this whole scene, he's wearing it the other way around - to resemble a letter "W". moreQuotes:
Gen. James Doolittle: [on the phone] Hello, hello, York? Dolittle. I want you to get twenty-four B-25's and volunteer crews down to Eglin Field as soon as you can. The job'll take 'em out of the country for about three months. Tell 'em it's a secret mission. They won't know where they're going until they get there. Thats's right, volunteers. tell them they're not to talk to anybody. That's an order! moreSoundtrack:
There's a Long, Long Trail moreFAQ
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In World War II, several B25 pilots and their crew volunteers for a secret mission, including the recently married Lt. Ted Lawson (Van Johnson), under the command of Gen. James Doolittle (Spencer Tracy). When the mission is disclosed, they are informed that they will bomb military facilities in Japan. After successfully accomplishing the bombing and returning to the base in China, the airplane of Lawson crashes on the Chinese coast, and his men and he are rescued by the Chinese soldiers.
"Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" is a good war movie, but also a clear American propaganda in times of war. There is a shallow and corny romance in the lead story; the pilots and crew are great friends like a brotherhood and their wives and girl-friends are silly and naive; when Lawson loses his leg, Doolittle says that the army can not lose an experienced man like him; all the allied Chinese are cooperative, submissive and friends; there are lots of nationalism, like for example, the Chinese scouts singing the American hymn. Anyway the story entertains, the special effects and the cinematography are excellent and I liked this film. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "30 Segundos Sobre Tóquio" ("30 Seconds Over Tokyo")