Air Force

Air Force (1943)

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Air Force est un film de 1943 dirigé par Howard Hawks. Il relate l'histoire de l'équipage du Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Mary'Ann au début de la guerre du Pacifique de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. Le film débute avec le vol de Californie à Hawaï du Mary-Ann. L'escadrille de B-17 non armés arrive sur l'aéroport de Hickam Field juste pendant l'attaque de Pearl Harbor des japonais le 7/12/1941. C'est basé sur un fait authentique. Les opérateurs radar américains avaient bien détecté les avions japonais en approche, mais avaient cru que c'était le vol de B17 attendus. Le B-17 "Mary Ann", cette fois-ci armé, poursuit seul son périple en direction de l'atoll de Wake et de la base de Clark Field (en) près de Manille aux Philippines, pendant les attaques des japonais et quelques heures avant qu'ils ne s'en emparent. C'est l'occasion de montrer les soldats américains courageux et déterminés, bien que sachant que leur situation est sans espoir..

Directeur: Howard Hawks
écrivain: Dudley Nichols

moulages

	John Ridgely as Pilot
	Gig Young as Co-Pilot
	John Garfield as Tail Gunner Joe Winocki
	Arthur Kennedy as Bombardier
	George Tobias as Asst. Crew Chief
	Charles Drake as Navigator
	Harry Carey as Crew Chief
	Ward Wood as Radio Operator Peterson
	Ray Montgomery as Asst. Radio Operator Chester
	James Brown as Pilot Tex Rader
	Stanley Ridges as Maj. Mallory - Clark Field
	Willard Robertson as Colonel at Hickam Field
	Moroni Olsen as Col. Blake
	Edward Brophy as Marine Sgt. J.J. Callahan
	Richard Lane as Maj. W.G. Roberts
	Bill Crago as Lieut. P T. Moran
	Faye Emerson as Susan McMartin
	Addison Richards as Maj. Daniels
	James Flavin as Maj. A.M. Bagley
	Murray Alper as Butch - Demolition Squad Corporal (uncredited)
	Lynn Baggett as Nurse (uncredited)
	Leah Baird as Nurse #2 (uncredited)
	Rand Brooks as Co-Pilot (uncredited)
	James Bush as Clark Field Control Officer (uncredited)
	Ann Doran as Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
	Warren Douglas as Hickam Field Control Officer (uncredited)
	Bill Edwards as Soldier (uncredited)
	John Estes as Orderly (uncredited)
	Ross Ford as Second Lieutenant (uncredited)
	Ruth Ford as Nurse (uncredited)
	William Forrest as Group Commander Jack Harper (uncredited)
	Pat Gleason as Marine (uncredited)
	Sol Gorss as Sergeant (uncredited)
	William Hopper as Sergeant (uncredited)
	David S. Horsley as Orderly (uncredited)
	Marjorie Hoshelle as Nurse (uncredited)
	Bill Hunter as Marine (uncredited)
	Bill Kennedy as Marine (uncredited)
	Allan Lane as Marine (uncredited)
	Charles Lang as Soldier (uncredited)
	Harry Lewis as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
	Warren Mace as Orderly (uncredited)
	Frank Marlowe as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
	James Millican as Marine with Dog on Wake Island (uncredited)
	Maurice Murphy as Harper's Co-Pilot (uncredited)
	Tom Neal as Marine (uncredited)
	George N. Neise as Hickam Field Radio Operator (uncredited)
	George Offerman, Jr. as Ground Crewman (uncredited)
	Dorothy Peterson as Mrs. Chester (uncredited)
	Walter Sande as Joe - Mechanic at Clark Field (uncredited)
	Edward Soo Hoo as Chinese Man (uncredited)
	Walter Soo Hoo as Chinese Boy (uncredited)
	Edwin Stanley as Doctor Attending Quincannon (uncredited)
	Freddie Steele as Marine (uncredited)
	Charles Sullivan as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
	Theodore von Eltz as First Lieutenant (uncredited)
	Hal Welling as Officer (uncredited)
	Pat West as Soldier with Demolition Squad (uncredited)
	Victor Zimmerman as Marine (uncredited)
	Charles Flynn as Sergeant (uncredited)

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