Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (1944)

USA, 138 min
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Original title Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
  • Chinese
Swedish release 1945-07-16

Cast

Spencer Tracy
överstelöjtnant James H. Doolittle

Van Johnson
löjtnant Ted W. Lawson, besättningsman på The Ruptured Duck

Robert Walker
David Thatcher, besättningsman på The Ruptured Duck

Tim Murdock
Dean Davenport, besättningsman på The Ruptured Duck

Don DeFore
Charles McClure, besättningsman på The Ruptured Duck

Herbert Gunn (as Gordon McDonald)
Bob Clever, besättningsman på The Ruptured Duck

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Titles

Original title
  • Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
Swedish release title
  • 30 sekunder över Tokio
Distribution title
  • Dreißig Sekunden über Tokio (Tyskland)
  • Trente secondes sur Tokyo (Frankrike)
  • Missione segreta (Italien)
  • 東京上空三十秒 (Japan)
  • 30 sekund nad Tokio (Polen)
  • 30 Sekunden über Tokio (Österrike)
  • 30 sekunder over Tokyo (Danmark)
  • 30 sekuntia Tokion yllä (Finland)
  • Treinta segundos sobre Tokyo (Spanien)
  • Třicet vteřin nad Tokiem (Tjeckoslovakien)
  • 30 δευτερόλεπτα πάνω απ'το Τόκο (Grekland)
  • 30 másodperc Tokió fölött (Ungern)
  • Trideset sekundi iznad Tokija (Kroatien)
  • 30 sekunder over Tokio (Norge)
  • Trianta defteroplepta pano ap' to Tokyo (Grekland)

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Second Unit Director
Script Supervisor
Special Effects
Unit Manager
Unit Publicist
Camera Operator
Music Mixer
Choir Master
Orchestration
Set Decorator
Painter
Propman
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Re-recording Mixer

Cast

Spencer Tracy överstelöjtnant James H. Doolittle
Van Johnson löjtnant Ted W. Lawson, besättningsman på The Ruptured Duck
Robert Walker David Thatcher, besättningsman på The Ruptured Duck
Tim Murdock Dean Davenport, besättningsman på The Ruptured Duck
Don DeFore Charles McClure, besättningsman på The Ruptured Duck
Herbert Gunn (as Gordon McDonald) Bob Clever, besättningsman på The Ruptured Duck
Phyllis Thaxter Ellen Jones Lawson
Stephen McNally (as Horace McNally) "Doc" White
Robert Mitchum Bob Gray
Scott McKay Davey Jones
John R. Reilly "Shorty" Manch
Donald Curtis löjtnant Joe Randall
Louis Jean Heydt löjtnant Miller
William "Bill" Phillips Don Smith
Douglas Cowan "Brick" Holstrom
Paul Langton kapten Edward J. "Ski" York
Leon Ames kommendörkapten Jurika
Bill Williams Bud Felton
Robert Bice "Jig" White
Dr. Hsin Kung doktor Chung
Benson Fong doktor Chung den yngre
Moroni Olsen generalen
Ching Wah Lee "Guerilla Charlie"
Alan Napier Mr. Parker
Ann Shoemaker Mrs. Parker
Dorothy Morris (as Dorothy Ruth Morris) Jane White
Jacqueline White Emmy York
Selena Royle Mrs. Reynolds
- Ej krediterade:
Will Walls "Hoss" Wyler
Jay Norris Hallmark
Wah Yee Foo Ling
Jack McClendon Dick Joyce
John Kellogg pilot
Peter Varney Spike Henderson
Walter Sande general
Steve Brodie militärpolis
Eddie Hall Joe
Edith Leach flicka
Arthur Space vakthavande officer
Mike Kilian sjöman
Charles King III sjöman
Ralph Brooks sjöman
Wally Cassell sjöman
Morris Ankrum William F. Halsey, kapten på Hornet
William Moss fartygsexpeditör
Harry Hayden domaren
Carlyle Blackwell sjungande pilot
H.T. Tsiang Wang Tsung
Virgil Johanson överste på Eglin Field
Bill Healy kapten på Eglin Field
Harold Sworland löjtnant
Dick Addison löjtnant
John Dehner örlogskapten
Bob Thom örlogskapten
Richard Wang kinesisk officer
Keye Chang kinesisk officer
John James officer
Blake Edwards officer
John Gannon officer
Charles Gordon sergeant Williams
Luke Chan kinesisk passopp
Mary Chan skollärarinna
Bob McCutchin copilot
Harold Fong kapten på patrullbåt
Charles Mitchell pilot på officersklubben
Bob MacLean pilot på officersklubben
Tom Avera pilot på officersklubben
Michael Kostrick pilot på officersklubben
Michael Knudsen pilot på officersklubben
Brad Towne pilot på officersklubben
Harlan Miller pilot på officersklubben
Lyle Clark pilot på officersklubben
Martin Lowell pilot på officersklubben
Steve Barclay pilot på officersklubben
Myrna Dell flicka på officersklubben
Karin Booth (as Katharine Booth) flicka på officersklubben
Lorraine Miller flicka på officersklubben
Lucille Casey flicka på officersklubben
Eve Whitney flicka på officersklubben
Sybil Merritt flicka på officersklubben
Frances E. Neal flicka på officersklubben
Joan Lawrence flicka på officersklubben
Peggy Maley flicka på officersklubben
Elizabeth Dailey flicka på officersklubben
Hazel Brooks flicka på officersklubben
Lucille Casey flicka på officersklubben
Natalie Draper flicka på officersklubben
Shirlee Howard flicka på officersklubben
Ann Lundeen flicka på officersklubben
Beryl McCutcheon flicka på officersklubben
Erin Selwyn (as Erin O'Kelly) flicka på officersklubben
Noreen Roth flicka på officersklubben
Elaine Shepard flicka på officersklubben
Eugenia B. Thompson flicka på officersklubben
Kay Williams flicka på officersklubben
Hal Derwin sångaren på officersklubben
Eleanor Counts jitterbuggande flicka
Genevieve Grazis jitterbuggande flicka
Joy Vahl jitterbuggande flicka
Jack Arkin jitterbuggande pojke
Johnny Duncan jitterbuggande pojke
Leatrice Joy Gilbert flicka
John Kellogg pilot på transportplan C-47
Gordon Trigg en ung man

Companies

Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. controlled by Loew's Inc.
A Mervyn LeRoy Production
Copyright Loew's Inc. 1944-11-03 LP13020
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1945

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 68679
Date 1961-01-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3535 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Censorship number 68679
Date 1945-07
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3530 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 3775 meter
Length in minutes 138 min
Reels 14 reels
Dialogue
  • English
  • Chinese
Textad
  • Swedish


Original work

Original title Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (Book)
Author Ted W. Lawson
Robert Considine


Production location

(kompletteringar) 1944-07 1944-09
1944-02 1944-06
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, 10202 W. Washington Boulevard Culver City, Kalifornien USA
Chico, Kalifornien USA
Monterey, Kalifornien USA
Oakland, Kalifornien USA
Eglin Air Force Base Fort Walton Beach, Florida USA
Mines Field Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Mills Field San Francisco, Kalifornien USA
Alameda Navel Air Station San Francisco, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1944-11-15 New York City, New York USA 138 min
World premiere 1944-11-15 Chungking China
Release in Sweden 1945-07-16 Rigoletto Stockholm 129 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title Sweetheart of All My Dreams
By Art Fitch (1928)
Kay Fitch (1928)
Bert Lowe (1928)


Original title Wonderful One
Composer Paul Whiteman (1922)
Ferde Grofé (1922)
Lyrics Dorothy Terriss (1922)


Original title Deep in the Heart of Texas
Composer Don Swander (1941)
Lyrics June Hershey (1941)


Original title The Army Air Corps Song
Composer Robert Crawford (1939)
Lyrics Robert Crawford (1939)


Original title There's a Long Long Trail A-Winding
Composer Alonzo "Zo" Elliot (1914)
Lyrics Stoddard King (1914)
Sung by kör


Original title Over the Hills and Far Away


Original title The Star-Spangled Banner
Composer John Stafford Smith (1779-1780)
Lyrics Francis Scott Key (engelsk text 1814)
Sung by kör (barnkör på kinesiska)


Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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