Air Force (1943)

124 min · War Film, action film, drama film, war film

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Directors

Howard Hawks

Cast

John Garfield, John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy, Charles Drake, Stanley Ridges, Moroni Olsen, Richard Lane, Faye Emerson, Bill Crago, Addison Richards, James Flavin, Edward Brophy, Harry Carey, George Tobias, James Brown, Ward Wood, Ray Montgomery, Ann Doran, Murray Alper

The story

On December 6, 1941, the crew of Mary-Ann, a U.S. Army Air Corps B-17D, is ordered to fly from San Francisco to Hawaii with eight other Flying Fortress bombers. Master Sergeant Robbie White, the crew chief, is a long-time veteran whose son Danny is an officer and fighter pilot.

Catalogue themes and tags

Bomber, Captain, Crew, Fleet, Japanese, Japanese Army, Rach, Retaliation, War, World War 2, Black-and-white, Action/Adventure, Drama, War film, Action, Combat Films

Genres

War Film, action film, drama film, war film

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