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Plot Summary
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.
Run Time
138 min
Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Genre
Drama, History, War
Language
English, Mandarin
Keyword
China, Bomber, Aircraft Carrier, Japan, Tokyo
Movie Rating
Sound Mix
Mono
Colour
Black and White
Film Type
Feature
Film Class
War Drama, Combat Films
Themes
War in the Sky
Tones
Rousing, Tense, Forceful, Earnest
Mood
For Love of Country
Has Detailed Data (New)
10, 1, 2, 3
Count - Awards
2
Wikipedia Text
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo is a 1944 MGM war film. It is based on the true story of America's first retaliatory air strike against Japan four months after the December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The movie was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Sam Zimbalist. The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo was based on the 1943 book of the same name by Captain Ted W. Lawson, a pilot who participated in the raid. In both the book and the film, Lawson gives an eyewitness account of the training, the mission, and the aftermath as experienced by his crew and others that flew on the Doolittle Raid of April 18, 1942. Lawson piloted "The Ruptured Duck", the seventh of 16 B-25s to take off from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet.
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