The Bamboo Blonde
SHE WAS THE SWEETHEART OF EVERY G.I.!
1946 · 1h 7m · APPROVED
Romance, War
Directed by
Anthony Mann
Overview
A pilot of a B 29 meets Louise Anderson, a singer in a New York nightclub. He falls in love with her, but he had to leave next day for action in the Pacific. He lets paint her picture on his bomber, the "Bamboo Blonde" and becomes a hero with his crew sinking a Japanese battleship and shooting down a Japanese fighter wing. Back in New York, he leaves his fiancée and engages him to Louise.
Director and cast
- Anthony Mann Director
- Frances Langford as Louise Anderson
- Ralph Edwards as Eddie Clark
- Russell Wade as Patrick Ransom, Jr.
- Iris Adrian as Montana Jones
- Richard Martin as Jim Wilson
- Jane Greer as Eileen Sawyer
- Glen Vernon as Shorty Parker (as Glenn Vernon)
- Paul Harvey as Patrick Ransom, Sr.
- Regina Wallace as Mrs. Ransom
- Jean Brooks as Marsha
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