Fighter Attack (1953)

Directed by

Lesley Selander

Genre

war film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II, an American fighter pilot is shot down over Nazi-occupied Italy. He must rely on local Italian partisans to help him complete a final mission.

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What happens

Fighter Attack is a 1953 American World War II film directed by Lesley Selander. The film stars Sterling Hayden, Joy Page and J. Carrol Naish. It reunited Hayden and Selander, who had worked together on Flat Top in 1952. The film is set in Nazi-occupied Italy and involves a U.S. fighter pilot's last sortie, and the help he receives from Italian partisans in an effort to complete his mission after he is shot down in enemy territory. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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