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Mood:
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- SoldierDaring RescueLeadershipSave the DaySurvivalAnti WarDisasterHeroic Mission more...
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- DramaWarActionAdventureHistorical
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Time/Period:
- World War 2
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- AsiaChinaJapanTokyo
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- Boys' Night
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Thirty Seconds over Tokyo, 1944
English, Mandarin
USA
Profile of Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo can be described as exciting, suspenseful, and bleak. The plot revolves around leadership, anti-war themes, and disasters. The main genres are drama, war, and action. In approach, Thirty Seconds over Tokyo is serious and realistic. It is located in Tokyo and China. It is originally a true story and based on a book. Thirty Seconds over Tokyo is well suited for a boys' night.
Summary of Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
Shortly after the bombing on Pearl Harbor, the American military began preparation for a retaliatory attack. The story of that mission is presented in THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO, based on the memoirs of Captain Ted Lawson, who flew one of the 16 twin-engine bombers over Tokyo. Spencer Tracy plays Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, the leader of the mission, while VAN JOHNSON plays the leading role of Captain Ted Lawson, whose bomber also carries star Robert Mitchum. A variety of factors makes the mission exceptionally dangerous: Twin-engine bombers had never taken off from an aircraft carrier previously; the bombers needed to fly in low, pretending to be Japanese aircraft; and the oversize bombers couldn't return to the aircraft carrier, so the intended landing site was behind enemy lines in China. With its almost documentary-style approach, THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO is perhaps the finest film about World War II made during the war itself.
Details
| Language: | English, Mandarin |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | November 1944 |
| Runtime: | 138 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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Cast and Crew
as Gen. James Doolittle
as Lt. Ted Lawson
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