Torrential

Bombardier

See the bombing of Tokyo before your very eyes

A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precision bombing, and establishes a school for bombardiers. Training is followed in semi-documentary style, with personal dramas in subplots. The climax is a spectacular, if somewhat jingoistic, battle sequence.

Pat O’Brien

(Chick Davis)

Randolph Scott

(Buck Oliver)

Anne Shirley

(Burton Hughes)

Eddie Albert

(Tom Hughes)

Walter Reed

(Jim Carter)

Robert Ryan

(Joe Connors)

Barton MacLane

(Archie Dixon)

Leonard Strong

(Japanese Officer)

Richard Martin

(Chito Rafferty)

Eugene L. Eubank

(Eugene L. Eubank)

Russell Wade

(Paul Harris)

James Newill

(Captain Rand)

John Miljan

(Charlie Craig)

Charles Russell

(Instructor)

Murray Alper

(Little Boy)

Stanley Andrews

(Congressman)

Joan Barclay

(Buck's Secretary)

Hugh Beaumont

(Soldier)

Abner Biberman

(Japanese Sergeant)

Charles D. Brown

(Officer at Briefing)

John Calvert

(Calvert the Magician)

James Craven

(Major Morris)

Eddie Dew

(Chick's B-17 Co-Pilot)

Bruce Edwards

(Lieutenant Ellis)

Martin Faust

(Soldier)

Walter Fenner

(Congressman)

Paul Fix

(Big Guy)

George Ford

(Co-Pilot)

Erford Gage

(Meyer)

Bud Geary

(Sergeant)

Kirby Grant

(Pilot)

Eddie Hall

(Douglas A-20 Crewman)

Neil Hamilton

(Colonel)

Herbert Heyes

(General)

Russell Hoyt

(Photographer)

Lloyd Ingraham

(Colonel)

John James

(Buck's B-17 Co-Pilot)

Joe King

(General Barnes)

Mike Lally

(Co-Pilot)

Harold Landon

(Pete Jordan)

Warren Mace

(Co-Pilot)

Wayne McCoy

(Instructor)

Robert Middlemass

(Officer)

Bert Moorhouse

(Congressman)

Flower Parry

(Magic Show Spectator)

Paul Parry

(Captain Driscoll)

Edward Peil Sr.

(Officer)

Joey Ray

(Navigator)

Cyril Ring

(Captain Randall)

John Sheehan

(Congressman)

Lee Shumway

(Officer)

Margie Stewart

(Mamie Foster)

Larry Wheat

(Doctor)

Dick Winslow

(Navigator)

Allen Wood

(Army Clerk)

Charles Flynn

(Radio Operator)