Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this retelling of The Doolittle Raid, America's first air operation in response to Pearl Harbor, The Ruptured Duck, captained by Ted Lawson (Van Johnson) arrives over Tokyo to find some targets already burning, and attacks its targets as planned. As the crew continues toward China, they run low on fuel approaching the coast in darkness and heavy rain. Lawson attempts a belly landing on the beach and crashes in the surf.
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About Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (Theatrical Release - November 15, 1944):
Oscar-winning legend Spencer Tracy, Emmy-winner Van Johnson, Oscar-nominee Robert Mitchum and Robert Walker star in this classic Oscar-winning fact-based World War II picture about General Jimmy Doolittle's efforts to train American troops for the first airborne attacks on Japan.
Oscar-winner Mervyn LeRoy directed Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, which was selected by the prestigious American Film Institute as one of the 400 greatest American films of all time.
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In this retelling of The Doolittle Raid, America's first air operation in response to Pearl Harbor, The Ruptured Duck, captained by Ted Lawson (Van Johnson) arrives over Tokyo to find some targets already burning, and attacks its targets as planned. As the crew continues toward China, they run low on fuel approaching the coast in darkness and heavy rain. Lawson attempts a belly landing on the beach and crashes in the surf.
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About Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (Theatrical Release - November 15, 1944):
Oscar-winning legend Spencer Tracy, Emmy-winner Van Johnson, Oscar-nominee Robert Mitchum and Robert Walker star in this classic Oscar-winning fact-based World War II picture about General Jimmy Doolittle's efforts to train American troops for the first airborne attacks on Japan.
Oscar-winner Mervyn LeRoy directed Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, which was selected by the prestigious American Film Institute as one of the 400 greatest American films of all time.
Available Now!
warnerbros.com/movies/thirty-seconds-over-tokyo
#WW2Movies #DoolittleRaid #WW2Films
