The Big Lift (1950)
Note: this print runs 102 minutes against a recorded 119 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Montgomery Clift, Paul Douglas, Cornell Borchers, O. E. Hasse, Bruni Löbel
Directed by George Seaton
The Big Lift is a 1950 American drama war film on location in the city of Berlin, Germany, that tells the story of "Operation Vittles", the 1948–49 Berlin Airlift, through the experiences of two U.S. Air Force sergeants played by Montgomery Clift and Paul Douglas.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.
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