Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
“Heart-Warming Romance . . . Ripped from the Heart!”
In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.
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Cast
48 people
Van Johnson
Ted Lawson
Known for
The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Caine Mutiny
Robert Walker
David Thatcher
Known for
Strangers on a Train
Vengeance Valley
Spencer Tracy
Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle
Known for
Judgment at Nuremberg
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Tim Murdock
Dean Davenport
Also in
They Were Expendable
Repeat Performance
Don DeFore
Charles McClure
Known for
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Too Late for Tears
Herbert Gunn
Bob Clever
Also in
Always in My Heart
There's Something About a Soldier
Phyllis Thaxter
Ellen Lawson
Known for
Superman
The Breaking Point
Stephen McNally
'Doc' White
Known for
Winchester '73
Criss Cross
John R. Reilly
'Shorty' Manch
Known for
Story of G.I. Joe
Robert Mitchum
Bob Gray
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
Out of the Past
Scott McKay
Davey Jones
Known for
Duel in the Sun
The Front
Donald Curtis
Lieut. Randall
Known for
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Spellbound
Mervyn LeRoy Director · Dalton Trumbo Screenplay Ted W. Lawson Story
Worldwide gross $6.2M · Budget $2.9M · United States release November 15, 1944
Box office
Budget
$2,900,000
Worldwide gross
$6,200,000
Gross vs. budget
2.1×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English
Release dates
United States · November 15, 1944
Limited theatrical · New York
Brazil
January 1, 1946 · Theatrical
Japan
May 21, 1957 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 2, 1945 · Theatrical
Spain
December 11, 1946 · Theatrical
XC
July 4, 1947 · Theatrical
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