the crew. Further, its bomb bay doors are stuck open with one armed bomb still on its rack. As the plane nears the English coastline, an air-sea rescue team is contacted and the rest of the crew bails out -- with the exception of Rickson, who is determined to single-handedly return the bomber back to base. Instead, he crashes into the white cliffs on the Kent coast. Afterwards, Bolland reports Rickson's death to Daphne in Cambridge. She concludes: "It's what he always wanted." The pair of lovers walk away together. Cast Steve McQueen as 'Buzz' / Buzz Rickson Robert Wagner as 'Bo' / Ed Bolland Shirley Anne Field as Daphne Gary Cockrell as Lynch: Crew of 'The Body' Michael Crawford as Junior' / Junior Sailen: Crew of 'The Body' Bill Edwards as Brindt: Crew of 'The Body' Chuck Julian as Lamb: Crew of 'The Body' Robert Easton as Handown: Crew of 'The Body' Al Waxman as Prien: Crew of 'The Body' Tom Busby as Farr: Crew of 'The Body' George Sperdakos as Bragliani: Crew of 'The Body' Bob Kanter as Haverstraw: Crew of 'The Body' Jerry Stovin as Emmet Ed Bishop as Vogt (as Edward Bishop) Richard Leech as Murika Bernard Braden as Randall Sean Kelly as Woodman Charles De Temple as Braddock Neil McCallum as Sully Viera as Singer Justine Lord as Street Girl Louise Dunn as Hazel Arthur Hewlett as Vicar Production The War Lover was filmed in Britain at RAF Bovingdon in Hertfordshire, RAF Manston in Kent, around Cambridgeshire (including in the grounds of King's College, Cambridge), and at Shepperton Studios in Surrey. Shirley Ann Field says she turned down the lead in A Kind of Loving to make the movie. "I chose the option to go to Hollywood, who wouldn't?... Although I have to say I don't think director Philip Leacock was strong enough... I just think it could have been better." Field's casting was announced in July 1961. Three Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers formed the main aerial component in the film and were composed of one B-17G and two postwar PB-1W Coast Guard rescue aircraft located in the United States. After extensive modifications, the three warbirds flew the arduous transatlantic crossing to Britain. Martin Caidin, who would later write the novels on which the TV series The Six Million Dollar Man and the film Marooned were based, was one of the pilots who flew