Shady Lady (2012)

This is the epic story of a B-24 'Liberator' bomber aircraft called 'Shady Lady', that took off from Darwin, Australia, on Friday, 13th August 1943, on what was at that time, the world's ... See full summary »

Director:

Tristan Loraine

Writers:

Glenn R. Horton, Tristan Loraine,

Stars:

Andrew Adler, Jim Alexander, Paul William Arnold

Cast

Credited cast:
Andrew Adler	...	Flying Officer Ruston
Jim Alexander	...	Lt. Colonel Miller
Paul William Arnold	...	USAAF Bombardier
James Baxter	...	Jeep driver
Mike Cali	...	William J Mynock
Derek Charles	...	Wunambal Gaambera Traditional Owner 2
Tom Clear	...	American air force pilot
Jonathan W. Colby	...	2nd Lt. John B Nash
Josh Coleman	...	Maurice V Powers
Alice Craig	...	Herself
Charles Doug Craig	...	William F Klenn
George L. Craig	...	Vernon A Krout
Michael Dorn	...	Narrator (voice)
Marc Ferrante	...	Technical Sergeant Rupert J. Daugherty (Jr.)
Gregory Kanter	...	2nd Lt. Robert L Jackson

Storyline

This is the epic story of a B-24 'Liberator' bomber aircraft called 'Shady Lady', that took off from Darwin, Australia, on Friday, 13th August 1943, on what was at that time, the world's longest ever attempted bombing mission. Under the command of 'Doug' Craig, 'Shady Lady' set off with 10 other aircraft to attack the oil refineries at Balikpapan, Borneo. With the target hundreds of miles behind enemy lines, this was an audacious attempt to strike back at the Imperial Japanese Army. 'Shady Lady' survived intense tropical thunderstorms, serious turbulence, heavy enemy antiaircraft fire and was chased by Japanese Zero fighters - but never made it back to base. 'Shady Lady,' after 16 hours and 35 minutes in the air, ran out of fuel and was crash-landed in a salt-pan, in the remotest part of Northern Australia. Local support from the Aborigines and a massive rescue mission amazingly saw 'Shady Lady' - fly again.

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Plot Keywords:

liberator | bomber | darwin australia | balikpapan | b 24 | 

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Taglines:

Mission accomplished... Running on empty.

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Genres:

Documentary | Drama | History | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 November 2012 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Australia

Box Office

Budget:

$1,406,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fact Not Fiction Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

A Presidential Citation was issued in August 2011 to Mrs. Alice Craig, the wife of the aircraft commander, Lt Doug Craig.

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Soundtracks

"Anjo Peninsula"
Composed by "Moritz Schmittat"
Performed by the Horsham Symphony Orchestra
Published by Moritz Schmittat and Fact Not Fiction Films Ltd

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