Bombardier B.52

Original title: Bombers B-52

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5.9/10

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Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in Bombardier B.52 (1957)

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Workplace Drama Drama Romance War

Sgt. Chuck Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to - Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.Sgt. Chuck Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to - Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.Sgt. Chuck Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to - Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

998

YOUR RATING

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Simpson
(as Bob Hover)

Frank Baker

Nightclub Patron
(uncredited)

Paul Baxley

Crewman in Korea
(uncredited)

Nicky Blair

Pasquali
(uncredited)

Joe Brooks

Soldier
(uncredited)

Jack Chefe

Nightclub Waiter
(uncredited)

Russ Conway

Gen. Tyler
(uncredited)

Ann Doran

Sylvia Slater
(uncredited)

John Doucette

Nielson
(uncredited)

Christian Drake

Control Tower Radioman
(uncredited)

Director
- Gordon Douglas
Writers
- Irving Wallace
- Sam Rolfe
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Trivia
This movie was designed to showcase the US Air Force's brand-new B-52 Stratofortress bomber, and as such the studio received complete cooperation from the Air Force.

Goofs
When MSgt Brennan is ejected, he has not connected his shoulder harness (which would have gotten him killed) and the aerial shot of the plane he is falling from is a light plane, not an eight engined jet bomber.

Quotes
B-52 School Instructor: [At the briefing for Air Force men being given at Boeing plant in Seattle] These are pictures of the B-52 Stratofortress. It's the biggest jet bomber in the world. It can reach any target in the world. It can fly over six hundred miles an hour, over eight miles high, and over six thousand miles distance without refueling. On a single mission, one of these airplanes - Just ONE - can carry greater destructive force than that of all the bombs dropped by the entire Allied air forces during the whole of World War Two.

Crazy credits
[all lines centered] And Presenting Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Connections
Spoofs Ancient Egypt (1939)

Soundtracks
An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 (On the Beautiful Blue Danube)
(uncredited)
Music by Johann Strauss
Played on the television at the Burger Grille

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This movie was made at the same period as Strategic Air Command, Bridges at Toko-Ri, The Hunters and other wave the flag Cold War error. Yes as stated it does have some overstated patriotic, my job is the most important job in the world sentiment to it. That being said, I am a former USAF maintenance technician who did work on B-52's amongst other airframes in my 20 year career. I enjoyed the movie for several reasons, one the airplane shots with the B-47, F-86, and B-52B's. There are a number of at best questionable plots in the movie but all in all not bad if you like early Air Force movies. And in opposition to a previous input, the maintenance tech on these airframes is all important to the scheme of thing. The "O's" get to fly them but could not do a thing with out the maintainers keeping them ready to fly.