Dive Bomber (1941) - film review

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Dive Bomber is an American film first released in 1941, directed by Michael Curtiz. The film stars Errol Flynn, Fred MacMurray and Ralph Bellamy. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Michael Curtiz
Script: Frank Wead, Robert Buckner
Photo: Bert Glennon, Winton C. Hoch
Music: Max Steiner
Cast: Errol Flynn (Lt. Douglas S. ’Doug’ Lee, MD), Fred MacMurray (Lt. Cmdr. Joe Blake, squadron commander), Ralph Bellamy (Lt. Cmdr. Lance Rogers, MD, Flight Surgeon), Alexis Smith (Mrs. Linda Fisher), Robert Armstrong (Art Lyons – aviation designer), Regis Toomey (Lt. Tim Griffin), Allen Jenkins (Corpsman 2nd Class ’Lucky’ James), Craig Stevens (Pilot Trainee Anthony), Herbert Anderson (Lt. Markham MD – assigned to Norfolk), Moroni Olsen (Senior Surgeon at San Diego), Dennie Moore (Ex-wife of Lucky James), Louis Jean Heydt (Lt. Swede Larson), Cliff Nazarro (Corpsman – Lucky’s fast-talking buddy), Lane Allen (Measles Patient), James Anderson (Pilot), Tod Andrews (Telephone Man), James Conaty (Party Guest), Garrett Craig (Pilot), Ann Doran (Helen – Joe’s date), Charles Drake (Pilot), Tom Dugan (San Diego Sr. Surgeon’s receptionist), William Forrest (Commander), John Gallaudet (Commandant’s Aide), Roy Gordon (Commandant), Sol Gorss (Pilot), Creighton Hale (Hospital Attendant), Alan Hale Jr. (Pilot Trainee), Howard C. Hickman (Admiral), Russell Hicks (Admiral – Speaks at final awards), Max Hoffman Jr. (Squadron Commanding Officer), Stuart Holmes (Nightclub Patron), William Hopper (Pilot Telling Joe "Tim landed RAF plane"), Owen King (Radio Man), Harry Lewis (Flag Man), Alexander Lockwood (Squadron Commander), Jerry Marlowe (Field Duty Officer), George Meeker (Tom – asking 3 pilots for smoke), Harold Miller (Doctor), Bert Moorhouse (Doctor), Lyle Moraine (Pilot), Will Morgan (Anesthetist), David Newell (Pilot), Wedgwood Nowell (General), Steve Pendleton (Pilot), William ’Bill’ Phillips (Worker holding ’diver’s helmet’), Jane Randolph (Singer (song "What’s New")), Addison Richards (Honolulu Surgeon operating on Swede), Jeffrey Sayre (Navy Medic), Tom Seidel (Pilot), Tom Skinner (Pilot), Charles Smith (Bellboy with comic rhyme (segment "Home Mechanics")), Garland Smith (Pilot), Stanley Smith (Pilot), Juanita Stark (Cigarette Girl), Bert Stevens (Nightclub Patron), Alix Talton (Girl at Newsstand), Charles Tannen (Pilot), Richard Travis (Commanding Officer), Don Turner (Pilot), Dick Wessel (Mechanic helps Joe don new pressure suit), Larry Williams (Pilot Ed), Charlotte Wynters (Mrs. Silvers, Hostess), Gig Young (Abbott – Guinea pig 2, Experiment 32)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 132 min

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