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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo is an American war film first released in 1944,
directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
The film stars Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Tim Murdock, Don DeFore and Herbert Gunn.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Mervyn LeRoy
- Script: Dalton Trumbo, Ted W. Lawson, Robert Considine
- Photo: Harold Rosson, Robert Surtees
- Music: Herbert Stothart
- Cast: Van Johnson (Ted Lawson – Crew of the Ruptured Duck), Robert Walker (David Thatcher – Crew of the Ruptured Duck), Tim Murdock (Dean Davenport – Crew of the Ruptured Duck), Don DeFore (Charles McClure – Crew of the Ruptured Duck), Herbert Gunn (Bob Clever – Crew of the Ruptured Duck), Phyllis Thaxter (Ellen Lawson), Stephen McNally (’Doc’ White), John R. Reilly (’Shorty’ Manch), Robert Mitchum (Bob Gray), Scott McKay (Davey Jones), Donald Curtis (Lieut. Randall), Louis Jean Heydt (Lieut. Miller), William ’Bill’ Phillips (Don Smith), Douglas Cowan (’Brick’ Holstrom), Paul Langton (Captain ’Ski’ York), Leon Ames (Lieut. Jurika), Bill Williams (Bud Felton), Robert Bice (’Jig’ White), Dr. Hsin Kung (Dr. Chung), Benson Fong (Young Dr. Chung), Ching Wah Lee (’Guerilla Charlie’), Alan Napier (Mr. Parker), Ann Shoemaker (Mrs. Parker), Dorothy Morris (Jane), Jacqueline White (Emmy York), Selena Royle (Mrs. Reynolds), Spencer Tracy (Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle), Walter Sande (General (scenes deleted)), Guinn ’Big Boy’ Williams (Bit Part (scenes deleted)), Morris Ankrum (William F. Halsey, Captain of the ’Hornet’), Jack Arkin (Jitterbug), Tom Avera (Pilot in Officers’ Club), Steve Barclay (Pilot in Officers’ Club), Carlyle Blackwell Jr. (Pilot Singer), Karin Booth (Girl in Officers’ Club), Steve Brodie (MP Corporal), Ralph Brooke (Sailor), Hazel Brooks (Girl in Officers’ Club), Ralph Brooks (Sailor), Lucille Casey (Girl in Officers’ Club), Wally Cassell (Sailor), Keye Chang (Chinese Officer), Luke Chan (Chinese Runner), Mary Chan (School Teacher), Lyle Clark (Pilot in Officers’ Club), Eleanor Counts (Jitterbug), Elizabeth Dailey (Girl in Officers’ Club), John Dehner (Lieutenant Commander), Myrna Dell (Girl in Officers’ Club), Hal Derwin (Singer in Officers’ Club), Natalie Draper (Girl in Officers’ Club), Johnny Duncan (Jitterbug), Blake Edwards (Lt. Smith’s crewman), Harold Fong (Captain of Patrol Boat), John Gannon (Lt. Smith’s crewman), Charles Gordon (Sgt. Williams), Genevieve Grazis (Jitterbug), Eddie Hall (Joe), Harry Hayden (Judge), Bill Healy (Eglin Captain), Shirlee Howard (Girl in Officers’ Club), John James (Lt. Smith’s crewman), Virgil Johanson (Eglin Colonel), John Kellogg (C-47 Transport Pilot), Mike Killian (Sailor), Charles King Jr. (Sailor), Michael Knudsen (Pilot in Officers’ Club), Michael Kostrick (Pilot in Officers’ Club), Joan Lawrence (Girl in Officers’ Club), Edith Leach (Girl), Martin Lowell (Pilot in Officers’ Club), Ann Lundeen (Girl in Officers’ Club), Bob MacLean (Pilot in Officers’ Club), Peggy Maley (Girl in Officers’ Club), Jack McClendon (Dick Joyce), Beryl McCutcheon (Girl in Officers’ Club), Bob McCutchin (Co-Pilot), Sybil Merritt (Girl in Officers’ Club), Harlan Miller (Pilot in Officers’ Club), Lorraine Miller (Girl in Officers’ Club), William Moss (Ship’s Clerk), Frances E. Neal (Girl in Officers’ Club), Jay Norris (Hallmark), Moroni Olsen (General), Noreen Roth (Girl in Officers’ Club), Erin Selwyn (Girl in Officers’ Club), Elaine Shepard (Girl in Officers’ Club), Arthur Space (Deck Officer), Bob Thom (Lieutenant Commander), Brad Towne (Pilot in Officers’ Club), Gordon Trigg (Bit Part), H.T. Tsiang (Wang Tsung), Peter Varney (Spike Henderson), Will Walls (Hoss Wyler), Richard Wang (Chinese Officer), Eve Whitney (Girl in Officers’ Club), Kay Williams (Girl in Officers’ Club)
- Country: USA
- Language: English / Mandarin
- Runtime: 138 min; B&W
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