In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.
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Van Johnson as Ted Lawson
Robert Walker as David Thatcher
Spencer Tracy as Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle
Tim Murdock as Dean Davenport
Don DeFore as Charles McClure
Herbert Gunn as Bob Clever
Phyllis Thaxter as Ellen Lawson
Stephen McNally as 'Doc' White
John R. Reilly as 'Shorty' Manch
Robert Mitchum as Bob Gray
Scott McKay as Davey Jones
Donald Curtis as Lieut. Randall
Louis Jean Heydt as Lieut. Miller
William Phillips as Don Smith
Douglas Cowan as 'Brick' Holstrom
Paul Langton as Captain 'Ski' York
Leon Ames as Lieut. Jurika
Bill Williams as Bud Felton
Robert Bice as 'Jig' White
Hsin Kung as Dr. Chung
Benson Fong as Young Dr. Chung
Ching Wah Lee as Guerilla Charlie
Alan Napier as Mr. Parker
Ann Shoemaker as Mrs. Parker
Dorothy Morris as Jane
Jacqueline White as Emmy York
Selena Royle as Mrs. Reynolds
Eve Whitney as Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)
Jack McClendon as Dick Joyce (uncredited)
Morris Ankrum as Adm. William F. Halsey - Captain of the 'Hornet' (uncredited)
Johnny Duncan as Jitterbugger (uncredited)
Charles Gordon as Sgt. Williams (uncredited)
John Kellogg as C-47 Transport Pilot (uncredited)
Peggy Maley as Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)
Moroni Olsen as General (uncredited)
Arthur Space as Deck Officer (uncredited)
John James as Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)
Blake Edwards as Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)
Wally Cassell as Sailor (uncredited)
Hazel Brooks as Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)
Steve Brodie as MP Corporal (uncredited)
Carlyle Blackwell Jr. as Pilot Singer (uncredited)
Noreen Nash as Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)
John Dehner as Lieutenant Commander (uncredited)
Spencer Chan as Townsman (uncredited)
Karin Booth as Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)
Elaine Shepard as Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)