Bombers B-52 (film)

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Bombers B-52 (No sleep till dawn (UK))
Directed by	Gordon Douglas
Written by	Sam Rolfe (novel) Irving Wallace
Starring	Natalie Wood Karl Malden Efrem Zimbalist Jr Nelson Leigh
Release date(s)	1957, 1958 (Austria)
Running time	106 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,800,000
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Bombers B-52 is a 1957 film starring Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., and Nelson Leigh. It was directed by Gordon Douglas, and was adopted from a novel by Sam Rolfe. The screenwriter was Irving Wallace. Leonard Rosenman composed the film score.

[edit] Plot

From Hal Erikson of All Movie Guide

Karl Malden plays an [US] air force sergeant who is tempted by a better-paying civilian job. Malden's daughter, Natalie Wood, is in love with a young colonel (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) whom her father regards as an insolent hothead. The younger man proves his worth during jet maneuvers, while Malden decides that he's of more value in the service than as a working stiff. The film earned latter-day notoriety in the 1980s when a prominent movie historian analyzed the script (by Irving Wallace) and found an overabundance of sexual innuendo--including such in-flight dialogue as "She's unable to receive fuel" and "Request jet penetration!"

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