Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

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• First B-25's in training for bombing mission over Japan, under General Jimmy Doolittle's command.Running Time: 138 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating:?PG-13 Age:?012569797116 UPC:?012569797116 Manufacturer No:?79711

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Movie Review: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Summary: 5 Stars

Summary of Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Spencer Tracy--as James H. Doolittle, architect of the raid--rates the most towering screen credit, and he's superb. But his role's an extended cameo; the emotional core of the film is B-25 pilot Ted Lawson (Van Johnson) and his wife, Ellen (the glowing Phyllis Thaxter). Lawson's bestselling memoir (with Bob Considine) of his training for the secret mission, his group's launching from the aircraft carrier Hornet, and his crash landing and protracted ordeal in China--where he lost a leg--has been faithfully served. The film is long on homely detail and all-American decency (including a remarkably outspoken regret over the unavoidability of civilian casualties) but achieves its greatest impact in the raid itself. That sequence, in addition to boasting Oscar-winning special effects, is mostly shot in riveting silence. --Richard T. Jameson

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