The Thousand Plane Raid (1969)

Director:

Boris Sagal

Writers:

Ralph Barker (novel), Donald S. Sanford,

Stars:

Christopher George, Laraine Stephens, J.D. Cannon

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christopher George	...	Col. Greg Brandon
Laraine Stephens	...	Gabrielle
J.D. Cannon	...	Gen. Palmer
Gary Marshal	...	Wing Cmdr. Taffy Howard
Michael Evans	...	Group Commander
Gavin MacLeod	...	Sgt. Kruger
Noam Pitlik	...	Lt. Jacoby
Ben Murphy	...	Lt. Archer
Bo Hopkins	...	Capt. Douglass
Tim McIntire	...	Lt. Quimby
Barry Atwater	...	Gen. Conway
Scott Thomas	...	Lt. Richman
John Carter	...	Middleton
James Gammon	...	Maj. Varga
Charles Dierkop	...	Railla

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

airforce | bomber | world war two | based on novel

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Taglines:

The biggest air-borne armada of the war - a thousand bombers on a secret mission to destroy the Nazi dream of a Thousand Year Reich!

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Genres:

Adventure | War

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

July 1969 (USA)

Also Known As:

1000 aquile su Kreistag

Filming Locations:

Samuel Goldwyn Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Oakmont Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When one of B-17's in the first raid in the film is noticed to be a straggler; the colonel radios the stragglers lead aircraft to get him back up with the group. But when that pilot looks out the window to his left the plane he sees a B-17 thats direction of travel is 90 degrees from that of the formation. That would be a completely lost aircraft not a straggler. And later the next views of that plane have that aircraft just trailing the formation; not going in a completely different direction.

User Reviews

Nice plane footage, sorry about the acting

A fairly average B-grade movie that is pulled up by a sequence of low flying that is used on more than one occasion throughout the movie for different story line progressions. To see a B-25 coming over the trees and then missing the ground with the right wing by only a few feet is amazing to say the least. Most of the footage in the battle scenes is from war footage and low budget (nowadays) SFX but given the age and being made about the same time as "the Battle Of Britain" it puts up a reasonable performance. Aircraft buffs will like the flying sequences as they always will and for an afternoon diversion it is not too bad. Look out for the maintenance crew chief, Sgt Kreuger a few years before commanding his well known ship the Love Boat.