B-52 bomber
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | B-52 bomber |
| Original title | B-52 bombers |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1957 |
| length | 106 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gordon Douglas |
| script | Irving Wallace |
| production | Richard Whorf |
| music | Leonard Rosenman |
| camera |
William Clothier Harold E. Wellman (aerial photographs) |
| cut | Thomas Reilly |
| occupation | |
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Bomber B-52 (Original Title: Bombers B-52 ) is an American film directed by Gordon Douglas from 1957. The screenplay was written by Irving Wallace . It is based on a story by Sam Rolfe . The main roles are with Natalie Wood , Karl Malden , Marsha Hunt and Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. occupied. The work had its world premiere on November 22, 1957 in New York City. In the Federal Republic of Germany, the film was first seen on the screen on February 21, 1958.
action
Chuck Brennan is a chief mechanic on a US Army airfield . When Lieutenant Colonel Jim Herlihy becomes his new boss and he hooks up with Brennan's daughter Lois, the mechanic is determined to quit his service with the Air Force and take a well-paid job in the industry; because he already met Herlihy in the Korean War and does not remember him fondly. That's why Brennan asks his daughter Lois to end her relationship with Herlihy, because he is a ruthless philanderer. Although Brennan loves his job and would be only too happy to take over the technical supervision for the test flights with the new B-52 bombers, he sticks to his decision.
In the next days and weeks Lois Brennan waited in vain for a message from Herlihy. Little does she suspect that her father made this a condition when he was asked by Herlihy to accompany him during the testing of the new bomber. During the first test flight, Brennan succeeds at the last minute in preventing an emergency landing through technical intervention. On the other hand, the next flight - non-stop to Africa and back - is no longer lucky. Herlihy orders Brennan to jump off the parachute, which Brennan only reluctantly does. The commander himself manages to land the burning machine safely.
Days pass without the search teams being able to determine the whereabouts of the chief mechanic. When looking through the recordings, a light reflection is discovered in a ravine, which could have come from a white parachute fabric. Herlihy then decides to be brought into the gorge in a helicopter to look for Brennan. After finally finding him, Brennan changes his mind about the new commander. Now he has nothing to object to the fact that he and his daughter become a couple, and Brennan himself can now stay with his beloved aircraft.
criticism
The lexicon of international films draws the following conclusion: “Pleasant framework for the undisguised display of a powerful air force.” The criticism of Kino.de is as follows: “Patriotic advertising for the American air force in times of the Cold War, staged by Gordon Douglas (... ), who takes care to put the seemingly insignificant contribution of simple aircraft mechanics to defense readiness in the right light. In order to make the whole thing easier to digest, like (...) in similar films (...) a love story is also incorporated, so that film lovers can also enjoy the young Natalie Wood in addition to airplanes. "
source
Program for the film: Das Neue Film-Programm , published by Verlag Heinrich Klemmer, Mannheim, without a number
Web links
- B-52 Bomber in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Five pictures from the film at Cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lexicon of International Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 403
- ↑ http://www.kino.de/kinofilm/bomber-b-52/92392