Product Details

• Actors: Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Marsha Hunt, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
• Directors: Gordon Douglas
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• Run Time: 106 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001SVEXSK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,431 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

U.S. Air Force pilot Jim Herlihy (Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.) is in love with Lois Brennan (Natalie Wood), much to the disapproval of her sergeant father (Karl Malden). There is romance and action in this flight film set against the backdrop of riveting aerial footage of jet plane maneuvers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fair storyline, good basic facts, excellent airplane photos, August 30, 1999

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Darwin Evelsizer "yardbird78" (Mascoutah, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bombers B-52 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Ephrim Zimbalist Jr and Karl Malden portray a wing commander Colonel and Master Sergeant crew chief respectively with the Colonel chasing the crew chiefs daughter as a love interest. This would never be tolerated, (fraternization), in the real Air Force, but it makes for conflict in the story line. Excellent footage of B-52's on the ground and in the air. Reasonably accurate portrayal of the stress and strain of life in the late 50's Air Force. I was a "SAC weeney" from 1963 until 1979 and it brought back a lot of memories.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bombers B-52; SAC The Way It Was, September 3, 2000

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John Gunther (APO, AE United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bombers B-52 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you served in the Strategic Air Command as I did, you'll appreciate the movie footage of our Cold War Warriors in action and their tangled lives behind the scenes. A great retrospective about SAC and the way it was, versus the way it is now.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good flying scenes, May 11, 2000

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arthur g hawley (australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bombers B-52 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

worth buying for the flying scenes alone, soundtrack should be very good on home theatre.Still a popular movie in australia, a regular on free to air TV here.