Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944 · Movie · NR · 138 min · ★ 6.7
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.
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Details
- Years
- 1944
- Release date
- 1944-11-15
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 138 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (65 votes)
- Box office
- $6,247,000
- Budget
- $2,900,000
Themes
- secret mission
- world war ii
- lieutenant
- tokyo, japan
- bomber pilot
- dangerous mission
- imperial japan
- comradeship
- expectant parents
- pensacola, florida
- u.s. army air corpsmen
- b25 bomber
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Special Effects · 1945
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Special Effects · 1945 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography, Black-and-White · 1945 · nominated
Cast & crew
Van Johnson
as Ted Lawson
Robert Walker
as David Thatcher
Spencer Tracy
as Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle
Tim Murdock
as Dean Davenport
Don DeFore
as Charles McClure
- HG
Herbert Gunn
as Bob Clever
Phyllis Thaxter
as Ellen Lawson
Stephen McNally
as 'Doc' White
- JR
John R. Reilly
as 'Shorty' Manch
Robert Mitchum
as Bob Gray
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy