Task Force

(1949)

War

116 minutes

Directed by Delmer Daves

Cast:

Gary Cooper as Jonathan L. Scott
Jane Wyatt as Mary Morgan
Wayne Morris as McKinney
Walter Brennan as Pete Richard
Julie London as Barbara McKinney
Bruce Bennett as McCluskey
Jack Holt as Admiral Joseph M. Reeves
Stanley Ridges as Senator Bentley
John Ridgely as Dixie Rankin
Richard Rober as Jack Southern
Art Baker as Senator Vincent
Moroni Olsen as Admiral Ames
Ray Montgomery as Pilot
Harlan Warde as Timmy Kissell

The film is set in the 1920's, where career officer Jonathan Scott and his friends work for the next twenty years to spread the news of how important naval air forces are. Yet nothing seems to be going their way until World War II comes along and Scott gets to showcase how important aircraft carriers are. 

Task Force trailer