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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

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19446.62h 18m

Overview

In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Written by Ted W. Lawson, Dalton Trumbo
Produced by Sam Zimbalist
Box OfficeBudget: $2.9M0

Top Cast

Van Johnson

Van Johnson

Ted Lawson

Robert Walker

Robert Walker

David Thatcher

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle

Tim Murdock

Tim Murdock

Dean Davenport

Don DeFore

Don DeFore

Charles McClure

H

Herbert Gunn

Bob Clever

Phyllis Thaxter

Phyllis Thaxter

Ellen Lawson

Stephen McNally

Stephen McNally

'Doc' White

J

John R. Reilly

'Shorty' Manch

Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum

Bob Gray

Themes & Keywords

secret missionworld war iilieutenanttokyo, japanbomber pilotdangerous missionimperial japancomradeshipexpectant parentspensacola, floridau.s. army air corpsmenb25 bomber

About Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo is a war, drama film released in 1944 exploring themes of secret mission, world war ii, lieutenant, tokyo, japan, bomber pilot, dangerous mission. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, it stars Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Spencer Tracy. In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.

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