Spencer Tracy
Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle
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The picture stars Van Johnson as Lawson; Phyllis Thaxter as his wife, Ellen; Robert Walker as Corporal David Thatcher; Robert Mitchum as Lieutenant Bob Gray; and Spencer Tracy as Lieutenant Colonel—and soon General— Jimmy Doolittle .
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. With Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Tim Murdock, Don DeFore. 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.
Ted W. Lawson. Story. 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.
A reconstruction of the daring 1942 bombing run over Japan, that was led by Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle, chronicles the mission from the perspective of B-25 pilot Capt. Ted Lawson and his crew.
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Brief Synopsis. General Jimmy Doolittle trains American troops for the first airborne attacks on Japan.
Mervyn LeRoy. Director. Dalton Trumbo. Screenplay. Ted W. Lawson. Story. 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.
Gen. Jimmy Doolittle prepares American bombers for retaliatory attacks against Japan.
Based on a true World War II story of several B25 pilots and their crews who volunteer for a secret mission--the first bombing raid on mainland Japan, ingeniously and boldly launched from an aircraft carrier. Recently-married Lt. Ted Lawson is among the volunteers placed under the command of Lt.Col. James Doolittle.
