James Stewart
Lt. Col. Robert `'Dutch'` Holland
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Strategic Air Command is a 1955 American military aviation film starring James Stewart and June Allyson, directed by Anthony Mann, and released by Paramount Pictures. It was the first of four Hollywood films that depicted the role of the Strategic Air Command in the Cold War era.
Strategic Air Command: Directed by Anthony Mann. With James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Lovejoy, Barry Sullivan. An ex-pilot and current baseballer is recalled into the U.S. Air Force and assumes an increasingly important role in Cold War deterrence.
- (4.1K)
- Action, Drama, War
- Anthony Mann
- 1955-03-25
Jul 22, 2022 · I've always been a Jimmy Stewart/June Alyson fan (The Glenn Miller Story, etc.) and this movie is no exception. Very faithful to actual events during the formation of SAC, right down to the Curtis LeMay cigar-smoking stand-in general, the movie showed what it was like to fly both a B-36 and a B-47.
- 114 min
- 6K
Saga of the US Air Force special bomber unit during the Cold War era. A professional baseball player is recalled to military service because of the expert flying skills he acquired during World...
- (49)
- Anthony Mann
- Adventure
- James Stewart
Holland flies missions in the massive B-36 "Peacemaker" bomber, a plane that can take off from its base in Texas and fly non-stop to Alaska and back while carrying a crew of a dozen men and more destructive power than a thousand WW-2 bombers.
A baseball star takes to the air to help plan the U.S.' aerial defense.
During the Cold War, a professional baseball player is recalled into the Air Force due to his pilot expertise from World War II. Initially, he's hesitant to give up his suburban life, but eventually, he realizes how critical his new mission is.
