Bombardier

(1943)

Bombardier Movie with Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, and Randolph Scott

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A patriotic World War II film about Major Chick Davis (based on the real life Colonel Paddy Ryan) and his plight in bringing bombardier training to the forefront in the U. S. Air Corps. After proving that high-altitute precision bombing is more accurate than dive bombing, he starts a bombardier school to train men for actual combat. O'Brien is good as Major Davis. The rest of the cast does fine also, especially Robert Ryan, as well as Eddie Albert as a young bombardier trainee, who tragically fights to overcome his fears.

Stars: Pat O'Brien, Randolph Scott, Anne Shirley, Robert Ryan, Eddie Albert, Walter Reed
Director: Richard Wallace
Writer: Martin Rackin
Setting: New Mexico, Japan
Genre: Drama/War




This movie is currently out-of-print, but copies of it can be purchased at Amazon.com.


Amazon review of Bombardier (1943):
Underrated World War II Classic!, May 15, 2002

This underrated war film was made in 1943, in the middle of World War II, and thus it has a wartime hyperpatriotism lacking in many of the WWII films made in the 1950's. It follows a group of bombardier hopefuls through training and their first big mission in a B-17 squadron. The film was intended as propaganda- and is not exactly subtle in its portrayal of the Japanese villains. The film attempts to justify to the viewer ( by means of an entertaining story) the US Army Air Corps' strategy of high-altitude precision bombing ( as opposed to the more traditional "dive" bombing technique used by the enemy). This is done by creating a colorful cast of characters, each of whom have their own adventures, some fun, others harrowing.The two leads are Pat O'Brien ( the base commander who champions the new style of bombing) and his friend played Randolph Scott (a pilot who likes the old way but eventually accepts the new method)... Read more at Amazon.com




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