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No Sleep Till Dawn
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Lois Brennan
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| Karl Malden | ... |
MSgt. Chuck V. Brennan
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| Marsha Hunt | ... |
Edith Brennan
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| Efrem Zimbalist Jr. | ... |
Col. Jim Herlihy
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Don Kelly | ... |
MSgt. Darren McKine
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| Nelson Leigh | ... |
Brig. Gen. Wayne Acton
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Robert Nichols | ... |
Wilbur 'Brooklyn' Stuart
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Ray Montgomery | ... |
Barnes
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Robert Hover | ... |
Simpson
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U.S Air Force Sgt. Chuck Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. He first met him in Korea, where his emergency arrival for repairs while enroute for what Chuck thought was the colonels "hot date" in Tokyo, caused the death of several of his crewmen. Now several years later when Chuck, while still in the Air Force, is now weighing continued enlistment or retirement, the base's new C.O. is none other than Col. Herlihy. Compounding his dislike is a budding romance with Chuck's daughter, Lois. Written by Bill Walch
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air force | b 52 | quiz show | helicopter | father daughter relationship |Taglines:
THE MIGHT OF IT - THE SIGHT OF IT STUNS THE SCREEN! (original print ad - all caps) See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
1958 (Austria) See more »Also Known As:
No Sleep till Dawn See more »Filming Locations:
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,400,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)Color:
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2.35 : 1
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(uncredited)
Music by Jule Styne
Played when Chuck and Lois get up to dance
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This movie was designed to showcase the US Air Force's brand-new B-52 Stratofortress bomber, and as such the studio received complete cooperation from the Air Force. See more »Goofs
The B-52 is shown flying very low over the pyramids and Algiers, on a top secret mission. At the height it would have been spotted immediately and the secrecy blown. In any event, a B-52 would not have been allowed to fly at an altitude of barely 300 feet over the pyramids. See more »Quotes
MSgt. Chuck V. Brennan: Women! - And they say the B-52 is an evolved hunk of machinery.See more »
Crazy Credits
[all lines centered] And Presenting Efrem Zimbalist Jr. See more »Soundtracks
"It's a Great Feeling"(uncredited)
Music by Jule Styne
Played when Chuck and Lois get up to dance
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I didn't really know what to expect when I started watching this but I am glad I made the decision to do that.
Karl Maiden plays an experienced Air Force crew chief who's job it is to keep the planes flying. He has spent some 20 years in the air force when he gets an offer to work for a company for multiple times his current salary. His late teens/early 20s daughter is very vocal about him taking up this offer and his wife is leaning towards that as well. So he decides to put in his resignation papers with the Air Force but they take some time to go through.
At the same time major changes are taking place on the base he is stationed at. An old acquaintance, a man who Maiden's character is not too fond of due to past events, becomes a senior officer at this base and the unit is chosen to become the first one in the US Air Force to take delivery of the new B-52 bombers which they must now get to know. Everybody wishes for him to stay and help out with the new planes and he decides to do that until his resignation papers are processed. During this time, quite a few things happen, both in his personal/family life as well as some adventures with the new planes.
What I liked about this film is that the drama isn't forced or too overbearing. It is more down to earth, if even to say realistic and something one can relate to. Another huge bonus is that the film had the full cooperation of the Air Force so there are no miniatures or painted backdrops. All the planes are real (quite surprising that they'd feature America's latest achievement in aerial weaponry in a film as much as this) and the sets are actual air bases. Its a pleasure to watch all this big hardware moving around.
If you like films about the air force with a bit of personal drama thrown in, this is quite good.