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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Van Johnson
Ted Lawson
Robert Walker
David Thatcher
Spencer Tracy
Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle
Tim Murdock
Dean Davenport
Don DeFore
Charles McClure
Herbert Gunn
Bob Clever
Phyllis Thaxter
Ellen Lawson
Stephen McNally
'Doc' White
John R. Reilly
'Shorty' Manch
Robert Mitchum
Bob Gray
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Screenplay
Dalton Trumbo
Tagline
"Heart-Warming Romance . . . Ripped from the Heart!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$2,900,000
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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