During World War II, an insubordinate fighter pilot finds the shoe on the other foot when he's promoted.During World War II, an insubordinate fighter pilot finds the shoe on the other foot when he's promoted.During World War II, an insubordinate fighter pilot finds the shoe on the other foot when he's promoted.
Bill McLean
- Pvt. Wilbur
- (as William McLean)
George Adrian
- German Pilot
- (uncredited)
Robert Alderette
- Chappell's Crew Chief
- (uncredited)
Joel Allen
- Sentry
- (uncredited)
George Backus
- Sentry
- (uncredited)
Janet Barrett
- Chorine
- (uncredited)
Lilian Bond
- English Lady
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe fighter squadron in the film was equipped with 16 Republic P-47 Thunderbolts culled from Air National Guard units from Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. That is why the P-47s have different color schemes and other markings. The planes depicting Luftwaffe fighters were North American P-51 Mustangs from the California Air National Guard. The ANG pilots were able to fulfill their active duty flying requirements during the production of this film.
- GoofsWhen loading ammo for the D Day mission, the NAPALM tanks are labeled NEPALM.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Narrator: And so the brilliant page of history was written, thanks to the wisdom of the Mike McCreadys, to the inspiration of the Bill Brickleys, to the laughter of the Duke Chappells, to the eagerness of the Shorty Kirks, to the youth of the Tennessee Atkins, to the loyalty of the Stuart Hamiltons, and to the courage and the daring of the Ed Hardins, who streaked across the skies to make possible the victory below.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh (2014)
- SoundtracksWe Watch the Skyways
(uncredited)
Music by Max Steiner
Played during the opening credits and occasionally in the score
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This movie was on TCM recently; I'd missed it in 1948. The action shots were superb in using actual footage from the cameras mounted on fighter planes. There were lots of technical goofs in using P-51's adorned with swastikas to portray the German Airforce and most importantly, there were NO invasion stripes painted on the P-47's during the sequences supposedly over France on June 6, 1944. As a WWII Air Force Veteran, in spite of these omissions -- probably only noticeable to one who was there -- I admired the editing and it was interesting to see some of today's movie & TV stars in minor roles. For movies of that era, "Twelve O'Clock High" was far more technically accurate.
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- Budget
- $1,597,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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