A hard-as-nails general takes over a bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.
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| Gregory Peck | ... | General Savage | |
| Hugh Marlowe | ... | Lt. Col. Ben Gately | |
| Gary Merrill | ... | Col. Davenport | |
| Millard Mitchell | ... | General Pritchard | |
| Dean Jagger | ... | Major Stovall | |
| Robert Arthur | ... | Sgt. McIllhenny | |
| Paul Stewart | ... | Maj. 'Doc' Kaiser | |
| John Kellogg | ... | Major Cobb | |
| Robert Patten | ... | Lt. Bishop (as Bob Patten) | |
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Lee MacGregor | ... | Lt. Zimmerman (as Lee Mac Gregor) |
| Sam Edwards | ... | Birdwell | |
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Roger Anderson | ... | Interrogation Officer |
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In this story of the early days of daylight bombing raids over Nazi Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a "hard luck" bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disciplined fighting unit in spite of heavy losses, and withering attacks by German fighters over their targets. Actual combat footage is used in this tense war drama. Written by KC Hunt <khunt@eng.morgan.edu>
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american abroad | b 17 bomber | reminiscence | military leadership | world war two |Taglines:
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1950 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Almas en la hoguera See more »Company Credits
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Major Stovall: My glasses were frosted over some, but I think I got a piece of one.
General Savage: Ours or theirs?
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(aka "army Air Force" and "Wild Blue Yonder") (uncredited)
Words and music by Robert Crawford (as Robert MacArthur Crawford)
Whistled by Robert Arthur
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The B-17 used in the movie and television series is now being restored at the Planes of Fame Air Museum at Chino California. See more »Goofs
On the ball bearing bombing mission the camera shows a close up of the exterior of the cockpits of Picadilly Lilly, Reluctant Dragon and Fluffy Fuzzy. All shots show each plane's nose art above the navigator's windows to identify the different planes and crews. Actual nose art was painted below the navigator's windows. See more »Quotes
General Savage: [after Stovall is caught stowing away on a B-17] Did you get anything?Major Stovall: My glasses were frosted over some, but I think I got a piece of one.
General Savage: Ours or theirs?
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Opening credits prologue: LONDON 1949 See more »Connections
Referenced in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) See more »Soundtracks
Army Air Corps(aka "army Air Force" and "Wild Blue Yonder") (uncredited)
Words and music by Robert Crawford (as Robert MacArthur Crawford)
Whistled by Robert Arthur
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This movie is the only one I have seen that truly depicts how the air war was conducted in the 8th Air Force. It is patterned after the events which actually occurred at the 306th Bomb Group in England in 1943. In real life, General Savage (played by Gregory Peck) was General Frank Armstrong, former commander of the 306th Bomb Group; The first bomb group to fly over Germany.