Howard Hawks directed this patriotic WWII drama about a B-17 bomber(nicknamed the MaryAnn, but known as a flying fortress) crew arriving from San Francisco into Honolulu who fly straight into WWII on December 7, 1941. The crew(played by actors Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy, John Garfield, Harry Carey, George Tobias, among others) are shocked by the attack, but gather themselves together as they are sent to Manila to defend the Philippines, then become increasingly nomadic, going wherever they are needed, as their plane becomes increasingly battered, and crew start dying... Exciting and well-made film must have been a real morale booster in 1943, and remains a stirring film today.
Review of Air Force
