A hard-as-nails general takes over a bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Gregory Peck | ... | General Frank 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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[sighs]
General Pritchard: I don't even know if any man can do it. That's what cracked Keith.
[pause]
General Pritchard: What time do you ...
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(uncredited)
Music by Sam H. Stept
Lyrics by Charles Tobias and Lew Brown
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"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 7, 1950 with Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Millard Mitchell and John Kellogg reprising their film roles. See more »Goofs
When General Savage visits Lt Col Gately in the hospital, close-up shots are taken from the left side of Gately's bed and long distance shots are taken from the right. The lighting on Gately's face is significantly brighter in the close-ups. See more »Quotes
General Pritchard: I guess I don't have to tell you what's coming, Frank. I'm promising you nothing except a job no man should have to do who's already had more than his share of combat. I've gotta ask you to take nice kids and fly them until they can't take any more, and then put 'em back in and fly 'em some more. We've got to try to find out just what a maximum effort is. How much a man can take and get it all.[sighs]
General Pritchard: I don't even know if any man can do it. That's what cracked Keith.
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General Pritchard: What time do you ...
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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.