Dive Bomber

Overview

The first major prewar "preparedness" film to be lensed in Technicolor (the original prints are gorgeous!), Dive Bomber starred Errol Flynn and Fred MacMurray as Navy surgeon Lt. Douglas Lee and flight commander Joe Blake, respectively. Having helped Lee design a high-altitude pressure suit which will prevent "blackouts" during power divers, Blake intends to test the suit himself. Lee and researcher Dr. Lance Rogers (Ralph Bellamy) nix Blake's plan after several test-flight tragedies, but in the end Blake proves the efficacy of the suit-albeit at a great personal price. The landlocked romantic subplot involves the romantic rivalry between Lee and Blake over all-purpose heroine Linda Fisher (Alexis Smith). Produced with full cooperation of the Naval Air Corps, Dive Bomber was filmed on location at the Navy's air stations in San Diego and Pensacola, and aboard the aircraft carrier Enterprise. Among the Warner Bros. contractees playing the pilots are such stars-to-be as William Hopper, Charles Drake, Gig Young and Alan Hale Jr.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/09/2014
UPC:	0888574106584
Original Release:	1941
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Language:	English
Time:	2:12:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Errol Flynn	Lt. Douglas Lee
Fred MacMurray	Cmdr. Joe Blake
Alexis Smith	Linda Fisher,Pilot,Pilot
Ralph Bellamy	Dr. Lance Rogers
Regis Toomey	Tim Griffin
Robert Armstrong	Art Lyons
Allen Jenkins	Lucky Dice
Craig Stevens	John Thomas Anthony
Herbert Anderson	Chubby,Pilot
Moroni Olsen	Senior Flight Surgeon
Addison Richards	Senior Flight Surgeon
Louis Jean Heydt	Swede Larson
Dennis Moore	Mrs. James,Mrs. James
Cliff Nazarro	Corps Man
Ann Doran	Helen
Russell Hicks	Admiral
Howard Hickman	Admiral
William Hopper	Pilot
Alan Hale Jr.	Pilot
Charles Drake	Pilot
Gig Young	Pilot
Larry Williams	Pilot
Saul Gorss	Pilot
Tom Skinner	Pilot
Tom Seidel	Pilot
Gaylord 'Steve' Pendleton	Pilot
Lyle Moraine	Pilot
Garrett Craig	Pilot
Don Turner	Pilot
Alexander Lockwood	Squadron Commander
Richard Travis	Commanding Officer
William Forrest	Commander
George Meeker	Commander
Tom Dugan	Corps Man
Owen King	Radio Man
Creighton Hale	Hospital Attendant,Pilot
Tod Andrews	Telephone Man
Harry Lewis	Flag Man
Wedgewood Nowell	General
Charlotte Wynters	Hostess
Jane Randolph	Singer
Juanita Stark	Cigarette Girl
Alice Talton	Girl at Newsstand
Max Hoffman Jr.	Squadron C.O.
Walter Sande	Blue Jacket
David Newell	Actor
Max Steiner	Composer

Technical Credits

Frank Wead

Robert Buckner

Michael Curtiz	Director
Frank Wead	Screenwriter
Robert Buckner	Screenwriter
Hal B. Wallis	Executive Producer
Robert Lord	Producer
Byron Haskin	Special Effects
Rex Wimpy	Special Effects
Nathan Levinson	Sound Effects
Francis Scheid	Sound/Sound Designer