Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Heart-Warming Romance . . . Ripped from the Heart!
1944 · 2h 18m · Passed
Drama, War
Directed by
Mervyn LeRoy
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Mervyn LeRoy Director
- Van Johnson as Ted Lawson
- Robert Walker as David Thatcher
- Tim Murdock as Dean Davenport
- Don DeFore as Charles McClure
- Herbert Gunn as Bob Clever
- Scott McKay as Davey Jones
- Phyllis Thaxter as Ellen Lawson
- Stephen McNally as 'Doc' White
- John R. Reilly as 'Shorty' Manch
- Robert Mitchum as Bob Gray
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