Director: Philip Leacock

Writer: Howard Koch

From novel: The War Lover by John Hersey

Keywords: Drama, WWII

Steve McQueen is Buzz Rickson, a mildly psychotic B-17 bomber pilot whose behavior borders on insubordination, taking risks but always seeming to end up whole at the end. His colleague, Robert Wagner as Lt. Ed Bolland, mostly wants to get through the war intact. Bolland defends Rickson, but over time, their differences make that more and more difficult, a situation compounded as they both fall for the same girl. Best appreciated after having read John Hersey's excellent novel.

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ed Bishop	Actor	11-Jun-1932	8-Jun-2005	Cmdr. Straker on UFO
Michael Crawford	Singer	19-Jan-1942		The original Phantom
Shirley Anne Field	Actor	27-Jun-1938		My Beautiful Laundrette
Steve McQueen	Actor	24-Mar-1930	7-Nov-1980	The Great Escape
Robert Wagner	Actor	10-Feb-1930		Jonathan Hart on Hart to Hart
Al Waxman	Actor	2-Mar-1935	18-Jan-2001	Lt. Samuels on Cagney and Lacey

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