Fighter Squadron (1948)
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Excellent Technicolor photography, principally in the aerial scenes, is the main asset of the cliché-ridden Fighter Squadron. Set in the months just prior to D-Day, the plot zeroes in on Marjor Ed Hardin (Edmond O'Brien) leader of a squadron of fearless combat pilots. In keeping with the conventions… More Excellent Technicolor photography, principally in the aerial scenes, is the main asset of the cliché-ridden Fighter Squadron. Set in the months just prior to D-Day, the plot zeroes in on Marjor Ed Hardin (Edmond O'Brien) leader of a squadron of fearless combat pilots. In keeping with the conventions of the era, the training and flying sequences are counterbalanced with comic byplay involving wheeler-dealer Sergeant Dolan (Tom D'Andrea), whose flippant attitudes towards the opposite sex are a bit hard to take today. Far more effective is the performance of 15-year-old Jack Larson, making his screen debut in the role of a rookie pilot who grows up in a hurry after scoring his first kill (Larson later gained TV immortality as Jimmy Olsen on Superman). Also making his first screen appearance, in a role so small it isn't even billed, is a former truck driver named Rock Hudson. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Rating, Runtime
- Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.
- Directed By
- Raoul Walsh
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure
- In Theaters
- Nov 19, 1948 Wide
- Studio
- Franco London Films
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Cast
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Edmond O'Brienas Maj. Ed Hardin -
Robert Stackas Capt. Stu Hamilton -
John Rodneyas Col. Bill Brickley
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Tom D'Andreaas Sgt. Dolan -
Henry Hullas Brig. Gen. Mike McCready -
James Holdenas Tennessee
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