15/11/1944
A verdadeira e incrivelmente detalhada história de "O Raid de Doolittle", baseado no relato pessoal de Ted Lawson, um dos participantes do Raid. Atordoados pelo ataque a Pearl Harbor e uma série de outras derrotas, a América precisava de uma vitória. Para isso o coronel Jimmy Doolittle, um campeão de corrida aérea e piloto de acrobacias, elabora um plano para um ataque ousado ao coração do próprio Japão. Para fazer isso, ele deve treinar pilotos de bombardeiro do exército para fazer algo que ninguém jamais sonhou ser possível, o lançamento de 16 bombardeiros B-25, totalmente carregados de combustível e bombas, a partir de um porta-aviões! Notável em sua exatidão, este filme ainda usa imagens filmadas do raid real.
Van Johnson
as Ted Lawson
Robert Walker
as David Thatcher
Spencer Tracy
as Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle
Tim Murdock
as Dean Davenport
Don DeFore
as Charles McClure
Herbert Gunn
as Bob Clever
Phyllis Thaxter
as Ellen Lawson
Stephen McNally
as 'Doc' White
John R. Reilly
as 'Shorty' Manch
Robert Mitchum
as Bob Gray
Scott McKay
as Davey Jones
Donald Curtis
as Lieut. Randall
Louis Jean Heydt
as Lieut. Miller
William Phillips
as Don Smith
Douglas Cowan
as 'Brick' Holstrom
Paul Langton
as Captain 'Ski' York
Leon Ames
as Lieut. Jurika
Bill Williams
as Bud Felton
Robert Bice
as 'Jig' White
Hsin Kung
as Dr. Chung
Benson Fong
as Young Dr. Chung
Ching Wah Lee
as Guerilla Charlie
Alan Napier
as Mr. Parker
Ann Shoemaker
as Mrs. Parker
Dorothy Morris
as Jane
Jacqueline White
as Emmy York
Selena Royle
as Mrs. Reynolds
Eve Whitney
as Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)
Jack McClendon
as Dick Joyce (uncredited)
Morris Ankrum
as Adm. William F. Halsey - Captain of the 'Hornet' (uncredited)
Johnny Duncan
as Jitterbugger (uncredited)
Charles Gordon
as Sgt. Williams (uncredited)
John Kellogg
as C-47 Transport Pilot (uncredited)
Peggy Maley
as Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)
Moroni Olsen
as General (uncredited)
Arthur Space
as Deck Officer (uncredited)
John James
as Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)
Blake Edwards
as Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)
Wally Cassell
as Sailor (uncredited)
Hazel Brooks
as Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)
Steve Brodie
as MP Corporal (uncredited)
Carlyle Blackwell Jr.
as Pilot Singer (uncredited)
Noreen Nash
as Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)
John Dehner
as Lieutenant Commander (uncredited)
Spencer Chan
as Townsman (uncredited)
Karin Booth
as Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)
Elaine Shepard
as Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)
Richard Wang
as Chinese Officer (uncredited)
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