Bombardier

Bombardier

99 mins | Drama, War | May 14, 1943

A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precision bombing, and establishes a school for bombardiers. Training is followed in semi-documentary style, with personal dramas in subplots. The climax is a spectacular, if somewhat jingoistic, battle sequence.

Bombardier

99 mins | Drama, War | May 14, 1943

Bombardier
A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precision bombing, and establishes a school for bombardiers. Training is followed in semi-documentary style, with personal dramas in subplots. The climax is a spectacular, if somewhat jingoistic, battle sequence.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title Bombardier
Directors Edward Killy, Richard Wallace, Robert Aldrich
Writers John Twist, Lambert Hillyer

Cast

Pat O’Brien

as Chick Davis

Randolph Scott

as Buck Oliver

Anne Shirley

as Burton Hughes

Eddie Albert

as Tom Hughes

Walter Reed

as Jim Carter

Robert Ryan

as Joe Connors

Barton MacLane

as Archie Dixon

Leonard Strong

as Japanese Officer

Richard Martin

as Chito Rafferty

Eugene L. Eubank

as Eugene L. Eubank

Russell Wade

as Paul Harris

James Newill

as Captain Rand

John Miljan

as Charlie Craig

Charles Russell

as Instructor

Murray Alper

as Little Boy

Stanley Andrews

as Congressman

Joan Barclay

as Buck's Secretary

Hugh Beaumont

as Soldier

Abner Biberman

as Japanese Sergeant

Charles D. Brown

as Officer at Briefing

John Calvert

as Calvert the Magician

James Craven

as Major Morris

Eddie Dew

as Chick's B-17 Co-Pilot

Bruce Edwards

as Lieutenant Ellis

Martin Faust

as Soldier

Walter Fenner

as Congressman

Paul Fix

as Big Guy

Charles Flynn

as Radio Operator

George Ford

as Co-Pilot

Erford Gage

as Meyer

Bud Geary

as Sergeant

Kirby Grant

as Pilot

Eddie Hall

as Douglas A-20 Crewman

Neil Hamilton

as Colonel

Herbert Heyes

as General

Russell Hoyt

as Photographer

Lloyd Ingraham

as Colonel

John James

as Buck's B-17 Co-Pilot

Joe King

as General Barnes

Mike Lally

as Co-Pilot

Harold Landon

as Pete Jordan

Warren Mace

as Co-Pilot

Wayne McCoy

as Instructor

Robert Middlemass

as Officer

Bert Moorhouse

as Congressman

Flower Parry

as Magic Show Spectator

Paul Parry

as Captain Driscoll

Edward Peil Sr.

as Officer

Joey Ray

as Navigator

Cyril Ring

as Captain Randall

John Sheehan

as Congressman

Lee Shumway

as Officer

Margie Stewart

as Mamie Foster

Larry Wheat

as Doctor

Dick Winslow

as Navigator

Allen Wood

as Army Clerk