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The Big Lift

"From the Ruins came Hope and Despair"

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NR 1950 · 2h
Drama, Romance, War
Starring Montgomery Clift · Paul Douglas · Cornell Borchers
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The Berlin Air Lift from the point of view of two Air Force NCOs who navigate romance in a bombed out post WW2 Germany.

Theatrical
Apr 26, 1950
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 25, 2000
Director
George Seaton
Producer
William Perlberg
Music
Alfred Newman
Studio
20th Century Fox
Keywords
berlin, germany u.s. air force woman between two men airlift aviation post war germany semi-documentary war bride airfield berlin airlift air force base forced landing manipulative woman dating deception
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M
Montgomery Clift
Sgt. 1st Class Danny MacCullough
P
Paul Douglas
MSgt. Henry "Hank" Kowalski
C
Cornell Borchers
Frederica Burkhardt
B
Bruni Löbel
Gerda
O
O.E. Hasse
Stieber

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