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Veteran third baseman stewart is recalled to flight duty at the hint of a nuclear war. Robert dutch holland is recalled into active duty at the peak of his baseball career. Although the athlete and his wife are both reluctant to give up civilian life, both come to realize the importance of the defense mission. Inspired in part by the true story of baseball great ted williams, who after serving in world war ii was drafted to serve in the korean war just as his baseball career was taking off, strategic air command stars james stewart as dutch holland, a star third baseman with the st. With james stewart, june allyson, frank lovejoy, barry sullivan. Louis cardinals, only to be recalled into the newlyformed strategic air command. Regarder film strategic air command en streaming, telecharger film strategic air command gratuitement, voir film strategic air command en ligne. This article is about the film strategic air command, and as a film, it is relevent to talk of the the creation of the film including any experince that contributed to the actors perfomances. Strategic air command approved 1h 52min action, drama, war 25 march 1955 usa an expilot and current baseballer is recalled into the u. Released 1955, strategic air command stars james stewart, june allyson, frank lovejoy, barry sullivan the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 54 min, and received a score of out of 100 on.
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