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Strategic Air Command ()

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An ex-pilot and current baseballer is recalled into the U.S. Air Force and assumes an increasingly important role in Cold War deterrence.
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
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Lt. Col. Robert 'Dutch' Holland
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Sally Holland
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Gen. Ennis C. Hawkes
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Lt. Col. Rocky Samford
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Ike Knowland
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Gen. Espy
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Tom Doyle
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Maj. Gen. 'Rusty' Castle
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Rev. Dr. Thorne
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Mrs. Thorne (as Rosemary De Camp)
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Flight Instructor Pilot
John McKee ...
Capt. Symington (as John R. McKee)
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Sgt. Bible - Flight Engineer (as Henry Morgan)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mary Ellen Batten ...
Woman in Cafe (uncredited)
Helen Brown ...
Nurse (uncredited)
Glen Denning ...
Sgt. Jones - Radio Operator (uncredited)
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Party Guest (uncredited)
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Major - Patrol Commander (uncredited)
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Bartender (uncredited)
Len Hendry ...
General's Aide (uncredited)
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Forecaster (uncredited)
Richard Lupino ...
Lieutenant - Controller (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney ...
Crewman (uncredited)
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Airman (uncredited)
Lee Miller ...
Capt. Miller (uncredited)
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Captain (uncredited)
Max Power ...
Reporter (uncredited)
William Pullen ...
Okinawa Controller (uncredited)
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Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
David Vaile ...
Capt. Brown (uncredited)
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Yakotda Controller (uncredited)
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Duty Officer (uncredited)
Stephen Wyman ...
Sergeant (uncredited)

Directed by

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Anthony Mann

Written by

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Valentine Davies ... (screenplay) and
Beirne Lay Jr. ... (screenplay)
 
Beirne Lay Jr. ... (story)

Produced by

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Samuel J. Briskin ... producer

Music by

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Victor Young

Cinematography by

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William H. Daniels ... director of photography (as William Daniels)

Editing by

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Eda Warren

Editorial Department

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Richard Mueller ... color consultant: Technicolor

Art Direction by

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A. Earl Hedrick ... (as Earl Hedrick)
Hal Pereira

Set Decoration by

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Sam Comer
Frank R. McKelvy ... (as Frank McKelvy)

Costume Design by

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Edith Head

Makeup Department

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Wally Westmore ... makeup supervisor

Production Management

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Curtis Mick ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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John R. Coonan ... assistant director (as John Coonan)
Bernard McEveety ... second assistant director
James A. Rosenberger ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Gene Lauritzen ... construction coordinator (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Lyle Figland ... re-recording mixer
Gene Garvin ... sound recordist
Dick Jensen ... sound editor
Harry Lindgren ... sound recordist
Jim Miller ... sound recordist
Bill Wistrom ... sound editor (uncredited)

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Farciot Edouart ... process photography
John P. Fulton ... special photographic effects

Stunts

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Hubie Kerns ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Tom Tutwiler ... aerial photographer (as Thomas Tutwiler)
Bill Johnson ... camera operator (uncredited)
Murray Young ... key grip (uncredited)

Music Department

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Sidney Cutner ... orchestrator (uncredited)
George Parrish ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Leo Shuken ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Charles Morton ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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O.F. Lassiter ... technical advisor (as Col. O.F. Lassiter U.S.A.F.)
Paul Mantz ... aerial unit supervisor
Grover Heiman Jr. ... technical consultant (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Storyline

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Plot Summary
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Taglines Soar to New Heights of Adventure! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Acorazados del aire (Spain)
  • I thyella perase (Greece)
  • Comandos do Ar (Brazil)
  • Ilmojen kiitäjät (Finland)
  • Luftens jättar (Finland, Swedish title)
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Runtime
  • 112 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia James Stewart joined the Army Air Corps during World War II, and flew combat missions in Europe. At war's end, he transferred to the Reserve as a colonel. He remained an active pilot in the Air Force Reserve, and was trained on the B-36 and B-47 bombers which he flew in this film. He flew one combat mission over Vietnam in a B-52. He retired as Brigadier General James Maitland Stewart, USAFR in 1968. In 1985 he was promoted on the retired list to Major General (by his friend, President Ronald Reagan), making him the highest ranking member of the military of anyone ever in the acting profession. See more »
Goofs At one point, Dutch refers to his old aircraft as a B-24, not a B-29 as mentioned earlier in the film (an understandable mistake, since Jimmy Stewart commanded a B-24 Liberator during WWII, flying 29 combat missions). See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Entertainment This Week Salutes Paramount's 75th Anniversary (1987). See more »
Soundtracks The Air Force Takes Command See more »
Quotes Sergeant: [Seeing General Hawkes speaking to the men on the flight line while smoking a cigar, whispering to Holland] Sir, that cigar. Doesn't the general know that the aircraft might explode?
Lt. Col. Robert 'Dutch' Holland: It wouldn't dare.
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