Bombers B-52 | |
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Directed by | Gordon Douglas |
Produced by | Richard Whorf |
Written by | Irving Wallace |
Story by | Sam Rolfe |
Starring |
Natalie Wood Karl Malden Marsha Hunt Efrem Zimbalist Jr |
Music by | Leonard Rosenman |
Cinematography | William H. Clothier |
Edited by | Thomas Reilly |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time
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106 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,800,000 |
Bombers B-52 (released in the UK as No Sleep till Dawn) is a 1957 Warner Bros. CinemaScope film in WarnerColor, produced by Richard Whorf, directed by Gordon Douglas, that stars Natalie Wood and Karl Malden, and co-stars Marsha Hunt and Efrem Zimbalist Jr.. It was adapted from a Sam Rolfe story by screenwriter Irving Wallace. Leonard Rosenman composed the film score.
Bombers B-52 concerns the introduction of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber into the Strategic Air Command (SAC) inventory during the 1950s and the dilemma raised for a respected and experienced master sergeant having to choose between the importance of continuing his career in the US Air Force or a serious job offer in the private sector making three times his military salary.
The Strategic Air Command is about to introduce the B-52 Stratofortress bomber as its primary manned strategic weapon. Stationed at Castle Air Force Base, California, with the 329th Bomb Squadron, twenty-year United States Air Force (USAF) veteran Master Sergeant Chuck Brennan (Karl Malden) dislikes his commanding officer, the "hotshot" Lieutenant Colonel Jim Herlihy (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.). Brennan has not trusted Herlihy since an incident in the Korean War. This career-long problem interferes with flight operations and aircraft support. When Herlihy starts dating Brennan's daughter Lois (Natalie Wood), tensions grow. Brennan demands his daughter break off the relationship.