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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Adult Situations Movie Release: 1957 Format: DVD - Color Edition: Dual Layered,Special Collection Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 46 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Drama, Melodrama, Family Drama

Karl Malden plays an 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. Bombers B-52 has some excellent moments, including a well-staged variation of the obligatory "breaking the news to the pilot's widow" scene. 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!" ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Natalie Wood - Lois Brennan
Karl Malden - Sgt. Chuck Brennan
Marsha Hunt - Edith Brennan
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. - Col. Jim Herlihy
Don Kelly - Sgt. Darren McKind