Dive Bomber (1941)
Dive Bomber (1941)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Errol Flynn
Lieutenant Doug Lee
Fred MacMurray
Lieutenant Commander Joe Blake
Ralph Bellamy
Lieutenant Commander Lance Rogers
Alexis Smith
Linda Fisher
Robert Armstrong
Art Lyons
Regis Toomey
Tim Griffin
Allen Jenkins
'Lucky' James
Craig Stevens
John Thomas Anthony
Herbert Anderson
Chubby
Moroni Olsen
Senior Surgeon at San Diego
Dennie Moore
Mrs. James
Michael Curtiz
Director
Louis Jean Heydt
Swede Larson
Frank Wead
Writer
Cliff Nazarro
Corps Man
Robert Buckner
Writer
Russell Hicks
Awards Speaker (uncredited)
Max Steiner
Composer
Howard Hickman
Admiral (uncredited)
Charles Smith
Bellboy (uncredited)
Bert Glennon
Cinematographer
Winton C. Hoch
Cinematographer
Ann Doran
Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
George Amy
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 30, 1941
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 12m
Filming LocationsSan Diego, United States of America
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Wiki.
Dive Bomber is a 1941 American aviation film from Warner Bros. Pictures, directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Errol Flynn and Fred MacMurray. The film is notable for both its Technicolor photography of pre-World War II United States Navy aircraft and as a historical document of the U.S. in 1941. This includes the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, one of the best-known U.S. warships of World War II.
The film was the last of a collaboration between director Curtiz and actor Errol Flynn, which began in 1935 and spanned 12 films. The cast also includes Fred MacMurray, on loan from Paramount Studios and Alexis Smith in her first credited screen performance. Flynn portrays a Harvard-educated doctor who is involved in heroic medical research on pilots, with MacMurray as the skeptical veteran aviator who gets swept up in the project. The plot is not historically accurate, but depicted in a near-documentary style, the film contains elements of true events that were involved in period aeromedical research, as well as real contemporary medical equipment.The vivid cinematography prompted the tagline: "The stunning spectacle of color rides with you into the heavens!" Bert Glennon was nominated for an Oscar for Best Color Cinematography at the 14th Academy Awards in 1942. The film is dedicated to the flight surgeons of the U.S. armed forces "in recognition of their heroic efforts to solve the immensely difficult problems of aviation medicine".The film was a big hit at the box office, rounding out as the 19th-highest grossing film of 1941.