Strategic Air Command (film)
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1955 Theatrical Poster
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| Directed by | Anthony Mann |
| Produced by | Samuel J. Briskin |
| Written by |
Valentine Davies Beirne Lay, Jr. |
| Starring |
James Stewart June Allyson Frank Lovejoy Bruce Bennett Barry Sullivan Alex Nicol Jay C. Flippen Harry Morgan |
| Music by | Victor Young |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Edited by | Eda Warren |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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112 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $6.5 million (US) |
Strategic Air Command is a 1955 American film starring James Stewart and June Allyson, and directed by Anthony Mann. Released by Paramount Pictures, it was the first of four films that depicted the role of the Strategic Air Command in the Cold War era.
The film was the second film released in Paramount's new wide-screen system, VistaVision, in color by Technicolor and Perspecta directional sound. It would also be Stewart and Mann's eighth and final collaboration and the third of three movies that paired Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson, the others being The Stratton Story and The Glenn Miller Story.
Robert "Dutch" Holland (James Stewart) is a professional baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals,. A B-29 bomber pilot during World War II, he is also an officer on inactive status in the United States Air Force Reserve. During spring training in St. Petersburg, Florida, he is recalled to active duty for 21 months. He reports to his posting at Carswell AFB, a bomber base in Fort Worth, Texas to qualify in the Convair B-36. He arrives in civilian clothing because his old uniforms are those of the old U.S. Army Air Forces, for which he is rebuked by General Hawkes (Frank Lovejoy), the commander of SAC. The General's character is patterned after the real SAC commander of the time, General Curtis LeMay.
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