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The Big Lift

  • 1950
  • United States
  • feature film - Drama
  • 120 min. (3273 m.)
  • Location shooting / Berlin story line

Cast

Actor/-ess
Montgomery Clift (Danny MacCullough)
Paul Douglas (Hank Kowalski)
Cornell Borchers (Frederica Burkhardt)
Bruni Löbel (Gerda)
O. E. Hasse (Stieber)
Dante V. Morel (Capt. Dante V. Morel)
John R. Mason (Capt. John R. Mason)
Gail R. Plush (Capt. Gail R. Plush)
Mack Blevins (Capt. Mack Blevins)
William A. Stewart (Capt. William A. Stewart)
Alfred L. Freiburger (1st Lt. Alfred L. Freiburger)
Gerald Arons (1st Lt. Gerald Arons)
James Wilson (1st Lt. James Wilson)
Richard A. Kellogg (1st Lt. Richard A. Kellogg)
Roy R. Steele (1st Lt. Roy R. Steele)
James H. Blankenship (S/Sgt. James H. Blankenship)
Harold E. Bamford (S/Sgt. Harold E. Bamford)
D.R. Simmons (S/Sgt. D.R. Simmons)
O.B. Schultz (S/Sgt. O.B. Schultz)
Andrew Shamlee (Sgt. Andrew Shamlee)
Elbert Garrett (Sgt. Elbert Garrett)
Billy Pierson (Sgt. Billy Pierson)
Donald R. Neild (Cpl. Donald R. Neild)
Herman Dornbusch (Sgt. Herman Dornbusch)
William L. Davenport (Pfc. William L. Davenport)
William J. Hardiman (Pfc. William J. Hardiman)
Donald W. Keniston (Pfc. Donald W. Keniston)
T.F. Lancer (Lt. Col. T.F. Lancer)
Harry Pretty (Lt. Col. Harry Pretty)
R.L. Hetzel (Maj. R.L. Hetzel)
John T. Mitchell (Maj. John T. Mitchell)
Werner T. Michau (Capt. W.T. Michau)
Harry Holt (Capt. Harry Holt)
C.C. Hurt (Capt. C.C. Hurt)
Ray Tyler (Capt. Ray Tyler)
William Thompson (1st. Lt. William Thompson)
Richard O'Malley (Richard O'Malley - A.P. Correspondent)
Lyford Moore (Lyford Moore - A.B.C. Correspondent)
Harold Dyrenforth
George Ghermanoff
Walter Gross
Jan Hendriks
Ernö Király
Bruce Morgan
Franz Nicklisch (Gunther)
John S. Peters
Fred Spitz
Walter Thiele

Direction

Director
George Seaton

Writing

Screenplay

Camera & Light

Director of photography
Charles G. Clarke

Decor

Costume design
Bobbe Brox
Wardrobe
Sam Benson
Art Director
Russell Spencer
Lyle Wheeler

Music

Music
Alfred Newman
Conductor
Alfred Newman
Arrangement
Edward Powell

Production

Producer
William Perlberg
Unit production manager
Gene Bryant

Companies

Production company
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation