Starlift

Starlift

Directed by Roy Del Ruth  103 mins (1951)

Gary Cooper โ€“ Gary Cooper

To impress a movie star, a U.S. Air Force crewman pretends he is soon to see combat. When his lie gets out, chaos ensues.

Also starring Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, James Cagney, Randolph Scott and Ruth Roman

The plot involves a  cavalcade of movie stars who are in San Francisco for a world movie premiere. Because of a chance meeting with a couple of air force men, some of those movie stars, including Doris Day and Ruth Roman, head to Travis Air Force Base outside of the city. Seeing the life of the enlisted men heading off to the Korean War, the movie stars decide to visit with the returning wounded men and put on a show at the base. Things turn chaotic thoughโ€ฆ..