Task Force (film)

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Task Force
Directed by Delmer Daves
Produced by Jerry Wald
Written by Delmer Daves
Starring Gary Cooper
Jane Wyatt
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s) 1949
Running time 116 min.
Country U.S.A.
Language English
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Task Force is a film made in 1949 about the development of U.S. aircraft carriers from the USS Langley (CV-1) to the USS Franklin (CV-13). The film stars Gary Cooper, Jane Wyatt, Walter Brennan, Wayne Morris, Julie London, and Jack Holt.

[edit] Trivia

  • During the Battle of Midway scene, the "Japanese carrier" blowing up is actually HMS Barham being destroyed by U-331.
  • About halfway through the film, the film changes from black and white to color, in order to unobtrusively accommodate actual combat film shot in color.

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