Task Force - Original Trailer 1949

In pageant-like fashion, Warner Bros.' Task Force traces the history of the American aircraft carrier, as experienced by a group of naval air aces. Gary Cooper plays Admiral Jonathan L. Scott, who on the verge of retirement remembers his struggle to win recognition of the importance of aircraft carriers. The story begins in 1921, when Scott and his friend Pete Richard (Walter Brennan) were making dangerous landings on the primitive 65-foot carrier Langley. Scott's outspokenness wins him few friends among the brass, and after he publicly insults a Japanese diplomat on the subject of his beloved carriers, he is shunted away to a desk job. Naturally, once Pearl Harbor is attacked, Scott is vindicated. While his wife Mary (Jane Wyatt) waits patiently at home, Scott serves in World War II with distinction, guiding his carrier through a maze of Japanese artillery and kamikazes. Filmed in Technicolor, Task Force makes good use of actual color battle footage filmed by the Signal Corps. A brief clip from Task Force shows up in the drive-in movie scene in James Cagney's White Heat (1949). Gary Cooper - Jonathan L. Scott Jane Wyatt - Mary Morgan Wayne Morris - McKinney Walter Brennan - Pete Richard Julie London - Barbara McKinney Bruce Bennett - McClusky Jack Holt - Reeves Stanley Ridges - Bentley John Ridgely - Dixie Rankin Richard Rober - Jack Southern Art Baker - Senator Vincent Moroni Olsen - Ames Ray Montgomery - Pilot Harlan Warde - Timmy James Holden - Tom Cooper Rory Mallinson - Jerry Morgan John Gallaudet - Jennings Warren Douglas - Winston Fred Clark Sally Corner - Mrs. Secretary Joe Forte - Presidential Representative Alex Gerry - Chairman William Gould - Mr. Secretary Reed Howes - Officer William Hudson - Lt. Leenhouts Tetsu Komai - Japanese Representative Mary Lawrence - Ruth Rankin Paul MacWilliams - Harrison Mickey McCardle - Lindsay John McGuire - Supply Officer Mal Merrihugh - Jones Dick Paxton - Pilot Robert Rockwell - Lieutenant Kelly Basil Ruysdael - Admiral Charles Sherlock - Capt. Wren Kenneth Tobey - Capt. Williamson Laura Treadwell - Mrs. Ames Charles Waldron, Jr. - Aide Tommy Walker - Lieutenant Charles Williams - Luggage Clerk Beal Wong - Japanese Naval Attache