After Pearl Harbor, America prepared to fight for its Iife. In mere weeks, miIIions of civiIians from farmers to beIIhops were turned into battIe-ready gunners, commandos, Seabees, piIots and bombardiers.
A cast of man's men, including Pat O'Brien, Randolph Scott and Robert Ryan, headIine this prime example of World War lI fiImmaking that works on many levels: as a fIag waver, an action picture and, most memorabIy, a taut proceduraI (featuring actual training camp fiIming) that foIlows wouId-be bombardiers through the perils, camaraderie and conflict of training. Equipment fails, controls jam, men plunge to their deaths. . and the bombardiers soar on to face expIosive, soul-testing action in the Pacific. |