GIANTS OF THE SKY...blazing a trail to victory!
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.
John Ridgely Gig Young Arthur Kennedy Charles Drake Harry Carey George Tobias Ward Wood Ray Montgomery John Garfield James Brown Stanley Ridges Willard Robertson Moroni Olsen Edward Brophy Richard Lane Bill Crago Faye Emerson Addison Richards James Flavin Murray Alper Lynn Baggett Leah Baird Rand Brooks James Bush Ann Doran Warren Douglas Bill Edwards John Estes Charles Flynn Ross Ford Ruth Ford William Forrest Pat Gleason Sol Gorss William Hopper David S. Horsley Marjorie Hoshelle Bill Hunter Bill Kennedy Allan Lane Charles Lang Harry Lewis Warren Mace Frank Marlowe James Millican Maurice Murphy Tom Neal George N. Neise George Offerman, Jr. Dorothy Peterson Walter Sande Edward Soo Hoo Walter Soo Hoo Edwin Stanley Freddie Steele Charles Sullivan Theodore von Eltz Hal Welling Pat West Victor Zimmerman
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