Bombers B-52 (film)
| Bombers B-52 (No sleep till dawn (UK)) | |
 Original film poster |
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| Directed by | Gordon Douglas |
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| Written by | Sam Rolfe (novel) Irving Wallace |
| Starring | Natalie Wood Karl Malden Efrem Zimbalist Jr Nelson Leigh |
| Release date(s) | United States: 1957 |
| Running time | 106 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,800,000 |
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 adapted from a novel by Sam Rolfe. The screenwriter was Irving Wallace. Leonard Rosenman composed the film score.
Plot
From Hal Erikson of Allmovie
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!"
NOTE: A Jet Penetration is a way of descending rapidly to land. JETS of the early period of flight were quite critical on fuel, and the Jet penetration was a method of staying HIGH (where fuel consumption was low) and then landing, so as to save fuel.
Though the movie does seem to have a bit of innuendo, the phrase is a real one.
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