Strategic Air Command

original title:
Strategic Air Command
other titles:
(In geheimer Kommandosache)
country / year of production:
USA / 1955
original length:
114 min. , color
premiere:
25 March 1955, Omaha
genre:
adventure
based on:
director:
Anthony Mann
film script:
Valentine Davies
producer:
cinematographer:
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composer:
cast (role):
James Stewart , June Allyson , Frank Lovejoy
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plot synopsis:
The film deals with a baseball player, who is reactivated by the US Air Force to test atomic weapons on fighter jets. The propaganda for the necessity of natinal atomic defence mixes with a sentimental love story.
keywords:
air force , veterans , atomic bomb , pilot , war in the sky , women during wartime
war:
Cold War (1947-1989)
literature:
Voitech Mastny, Gustav Schmidt: Konfrontationsmuster des Kalten Krieges 1946 bis 1956. München: Oldenbourg, 2003. ISBN: 3-486-56732-2
remarks:
Was nominated for an "Oscar" in 1956.

Inspired in part by the true story of former baseball star Ted Williams.

Homepage: http://www.tedwilliams.com/
availability:
VHS NTSC