Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Heart-Warming Romance . . . Ripped from the Heart!
1944 | 138m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Mervyn LeRoy |
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| Writer: | Ted W. Lawson, Dalton Trumbo |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 15, 1944 |
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| Director: | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Writer: | Ted W. Lawson, Dalton Trumbo |
| Genres: | War, Drama |
| Keywords | world war ii, secret mission, lieutenant, tokyo, japan, bomber pilot, dangerous mission, imperial japan, comradeship, expectant parents, pensacola, florida, u.s. army air corpsmen, b25 bomber |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $2,900,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 04, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Van Johnson | Ted Lawson |
| Robert Walker | David Thatcher |
| Spencer Tracy | Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle |
| Tim Murdock | Dean Davenport |
| Don DeFore | Charles McClure |
| Herbert Gunn | Bob Clever |
| Phyllis Thaxter | Ellen Lawson |
| Stephen McNally | 'Doc' White |
| John R. Reilly | 'Shorty' Manch |
| Robert Mitchum | Bob Gray |
| Scott McKay | Davey Jones |
| Donald Curtis | Lieut. Randall |
| Louis Jean Heydt | Lieut. Miller |
| William Phillips | Don Smith |
| Douglas Cowan | 'Brick' Holstrom |
| Paul Langton | Captain 'Ski' York |
| Leon Ames | Lieut. Jurika |
| Bill Williams | Bud Felton |
| Robert Bice | 'Jig' White |
| Hsin Kung | Dr. Chung |
| Benson Fong | Young Dr. Chung |
| Ching Wah Lee | Guerilla Charlie |
| Alan Napier | Mr. Parker |
| Ann Shoemaker | Mrs. Parker |
| Dorothy Morris | Jane |
| Jacqueline White | Emmy York |
| Selena Royle | Mrs. Reynolds |
| Eve Whitney | Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited) |
| Jack McClendon | Dick Joyce (uncredited) |
| Morris Ankrum | Adm. William F. Halsey - Captain of the 'Hornet' (uncredited) |
| Johnny Duncan | Jitterbugger (uncredited) |
| Charles Gordon | Sgt. Williams (uncredited) |
| John Kellogg | C-47 Transport Pilot (uncredited) |
| Peggy Maley | Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited) |
| Moroni Olsen | General (uncredited) |
| Arthur Space | Deck Officer (uncredited) |
| John James | Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited) |
| Blake Edwards | Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited) |
| Wally Cassell | Sailor (uncredited) |
| Hazel Brooks | Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited) |
| Steve Brodie | MP Corporal (uncredited) |
| Carlyle Blackwell Jr. | Pilot Singer (uncredited) |
| Noreen Nash | Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited) |
| John Dehner | Lieutenant Commander (uncredited) |
| Spencer Chan | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Karin Booth | Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited) |
| Elaine Shepard | Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited) |
| Richard Wang | Chinese Officer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Mervyn LeRoy | Director |
| Frank Sullivan | Editor |
| Robert Surtees | Director of Photography |
| Ted W. Lawson | Story |
| A. Lindsley Lane | Camera Operator |
| Dalton Trumbo | Screenplay |
| Herbert Stothart | Original Music Composer |
| Harold Rosson | Director of Photography |
| Irene | Costume Supervisor |
| Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| A. Arnold Gillespie | Visual Effects |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sam Zimbalist | Producer |
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| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
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