Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (1944) | |
| Director(s) | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Producer(s) | Sam Zimbalist |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Historical, War |
| Top Topics | Aviation, Book-Based, True Story (based on), World War II |
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Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (1944) was a War - Historical Film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Sam Zimbalist.
Academy Awards 1944 --- Ceremony Number 17 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Cinematography | Robert Surtees, Harold Rosson | Nominated |
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944): WWII Written by Dalton Trumbo
By 4 Star Film Fan on Nov 17, 2020 From 4 Star Films“One-hundred and thirty-one days after December 7, 1941, a handful of young men, who had never dreamed of glory, struck the first blow at the heart of Japan. This is their true story we tell here.” It’s easy enough to lump?Air Force and Destination Tokyo with this subsequent film b... Read full article
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
By Beatrice on Nov 12, 2014 From Flickers in TimeThirty Seconds Over Tokyo Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Written by Dalton Trumbo based on the book by Ted W. Lawson and Robert Consodine 1944/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Netflix rental Lt. Bob Gray: You know I don’t hate Japs yet. It’s a funny thing. I don’t like them, but ... Read full article
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Quotes from
Lieutenant Jacob 'Shorty' Manch:
Well feed me corn and watch me grow! How did all this scum get in here?
[repeated lines]
Lt. Ted Lawson: Tell me, Honey, how come you're so cute?
Ellen Lawson: I had to be if I was going to get such a good-looking fella.
Lt. Ted Lawson: Goodbye.
Young Dr. Chung: I have one sorrow, Lieutenant. that we did not have the medicine to ease your pain.
Lt. Ted Lawson: You saved my life, Doc.
Young Dr. Chung: I hope that someday you'll come back to us.
Lt. Ted Lawson: We'll be back. Maybe not us ourselves but a lotta guys like us, and I'd like to be with them. You're our kind of people.
Young Dr. Chung: Thank you, sir.
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[repeated lines]
Lt. Ted Lawson: Tell me, Honey, how come you're so cute?
Ellen Lawson: I had to be if I was going to get such a good-looking fella.
Lt. Ted Lawson: Goodbye.
Young Dr. Chung: I have one sorrow, Lieutenant. that we did not have the medicine to ease your pain.
Lt. Ted Lawson: You saved my life, Doc.
Young Dr. Chung: I hope that someday you'll come back to us.
Lt. Ted Lawson: We'll be back. Maybe not us ourselves but a lotta guys like us, and I'd like to be with them. You're our kind of people.
Young Dr. Chung: Thank you, sir.
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Facts about
Debut of John Dehner.
Actual footage of the B-25 Mitchell bombers taking off from the U.S.S. Hornet was used in the film.
The scars visible on Van Johnson's forehead at the end of the film are not makeup, they're real. He was involved in a near-fatal car accident the previous year just after filming A Guy Named Joe. The filmmakers chose to accentuate rather than hide these scars for the post-mission half of the movie, since his character Ted Lawson was quite banged up, too. They're particularly evident in the last scene of the movie when he's on the floor talking with his wife.
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Actual footage of the B-25 Mitchell bombers taking off from the U.S.S. Hornet was used in the film.
The scars visible on Van Johnson's forehead at the end of the film are not makeup, they're real. He was involved in a near-fatal car accident the previous year just after filming A Guy Named Joe. The filmmakers chose to accentuate rather than hide these scars for the post-mission half of the movie, since his character Ted Lawson was quite banged up, too. They're particularly evident in the last scene of the movie when he's on the floor talking with his wife.
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