The Bamboo Blonde

The Bamboo Blonde

67 mins | Romance, War | July 15, 1946

A pilot of a B 29 meets Louise Anderson, a singer in a New York nightclub. He falls in love with her, but he had to leave next day for action in the Pacific. He lets paint her picture on his bomber, the "Bamboo Blonde" and becomes a hero with his crew sinking a Japanese battleship and shooting down a Japanese fighter wing. Back in New York, he leaves his fiancée and engages him to Louise.

The Bamboo Blonde

67 mins | Romance, War | July 15, 1946

The Bamboo Blonde
A pilot of a B 29 meets Louise Anderson, a singer in a New York nightclub. He falls in love with her, but he had to leave next day for action in the Pacific. He lets paint her picture on his bomber, the "Bamboo Blonde" and becomes a hero with his crew sinking a Japanese battleship and shooting down a Japanese fighter wing. Back in New York, he leaves his fiancée and engages him to Louise.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title The Bamboo Blonde
Directors Anthony Mann
Writers Wayne Whittaker, Olive Cooper, Lawrence Kimble

Cast

Frances Langford

as Louise Anderson

Ralph Edwards

as Eddie Clark

Russell Wade

as Patrick Ransom, Jr.

Iris Adrian

as Montana Jones

Richard Martin

as Jim Wilson

Jane Greer

as Eileen Sawyer

Glen Vernon

as Shorty Parker (as Glenn Vernon)

Paul Harvey

as Patrick Ransom, Sr.

Regina Wallace

as Mrs. Ransom

Jean Brooks

as Marsha

Tommy Noonan

as Air Force Bomber Crewman (as Tom Noonan)

Eddie Acuff

as M.P. Sergeant (uncredited)

Robert Clarke

as Jonesy, Bamboo Blonde Crewman (uncredited)

Jason Robards Sr.

as Colonel Graham (uncredited)

Walter Reed

as Montgomery