Bombardier

5.5

99 minutes

5/14/1943

Overview

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 sequence.

Cast List

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
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
Charles Flynn
as Radio Operator