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.
Cast
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
Scott McKay
Davey Jones
Donald Curtis
Lieut. Randall
Louis Jean Heydt
Lieut. Miller
William Phillips
Don Smith
Douglas Cowan
'Brick' Holstrom
Paul Langton
Captain 'Ski' York
Leon Ames
Lieut. Jurika
Bill Williams
Bud Felton
Robert Bice
'Jig' White
Hsin Kung
Dr. Chung
Benson Fong
Young Dr. Chung
Ching Wah Lee
Guerilla Charlie
Alan Napier
Mr. Parker
Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Parker
Dorothy Morris
Jane
Jacqueline White
Emmy York
Selena Royle
Mrs. Reynolds
Eve Whitney
Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)
Jack McClendon
Dick Joyce (uncredited)
Morris Ankrum
Adm. William F. Halsey - Captain of the 'Hornet' (uncredited)
Johnny Duncan
Jitterbugger (uncredited)
Charles Gordon
Sgt. Williams (uncredited)
John Kellogg
C-47 Transport Pilot (uncredited)
Peggy Maley
Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)
Moroni Olsen
General (uncredited)
Arthur Space
Deck Officer (uncredited)
John James
Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)
Blake Edwards
Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)
Wally Cassell
Sailor (uncredited)
Hazel Brooks
Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)
Steve Brodie
MP Corporal (uncredited)
Carlyle Blackwell Jr.
Pilot Singer (uncredited)
Noreen Nash
Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)
John Dehner
Lieutenant Commander (uncredited)
Spencer Chan
Townsman (uncredited)
Karin Booth
Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)
Elaine Shepard
Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)
Richard Wang
Chinese Officer (uncredited)
Crew
Mervyn LeRoy
Director
Dalton Trumbo
Screenplay
Ted W. Lawson
Story
Frank Sullivan
Editor
Harold Rosson
Director of Photography
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Sam Zimbalist
Producer
A. Lindsley Lane
Camera Operator
Irene
Costume Supervisor
A. Arnold Gillespie
Visual Effects
Herbert Stothart
Original Music Composer
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
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