Fighter Squadron (1948) On DVD

Actor:           Edmond O'Brien, Robert Stack, Rock Hudson, Jack Larson, Henry Hull                                                                       
Director:      Raoul Walsh
Genre:         Action/Adventure
Year:            1948
Studio:         Warner/Allied Vaughn
Length:        96
Released:    May 28, 2010
Rating:         Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:        DVD
Misc:            NTSC, Color
Language:   English
Subtitles  :   N/A

DESCRIPTION:

U.S. airman Ed Hardin pilots a damaged P-47 Thunderbolt toward a perilous but successful belly flop landing at his fighter-group base in the English countryside. The battered aircraft may never wing into the skies again. Hardin will. "Notify the taxpayer to get me another one," he quips.

Filmmaker Raoul Walsh (Objective, Burma!) is at the controls of this keep-'em-flying Technicolor(r) adventure, augmenting thunderous sky battles with actual wartime footage. Edmond O'Brien portrays Hardin, who tempers his flyboy recklessness when the men of the squadron are entrusted to his leadership. And a former chauffeur for Walsh makes his uncredited screen debut. His name: Rock Hudson.