except for Doc. He takes Lawson's leg off well above the knee, using the single dose of spinal anesthesia in their possession. It wears off too soon. Lawson passes out and dreams of Ellen. Cut to a chorus of Girl Scouts singing "The Star-Spangled Banner", in Mandarin, celebrating Lawson's first day out of bed. His forehead shows a tracery of scars. When Dr. Chung senior gives Lawson an heirloom bracelet for his wife, Lawson is puzzled. He does not remember talking about her. When he totters on his crutches, he becomes distraught at the idea of Ellen seeing him like this. They hurry to Ch'ang Chou to rendezvous with an American plane that takes them home. General Doolittle calls Ellen. Sobbing with joy, she tells her mother why Ted refuses to see her: "As if that would matter!" Doolittle visits Lawson in the hospital and tells him he has work for him to do. When Ellen comes in, Lawson, overjoyed, forgets his missing leg and stands. He falls and they embrace on the floor, all smiles. "When things were the worst...I could see your face, your beautiful face." he says. "I knew you were coming home, Ted", Ellen declares. Cast Van Johnson as Captain Ted W. Lawson, Pilot of The Ruptured Duck Robert Walker as Corporal David Thatcher, gunner-mechanic. Tim Murdock as Lt. Dean Davenport, co-pilot Don DeFore as Lt. Charles McClure, navigator Gordon McDonald as Lt. Bob Clever, bombardier Phyllis Thaxter as Ellen Lawson Stephen McNally as Lt. Thomas "Doc" White, gunner on Lt. Smith's plane. Spencer Tracy as Lieutenant Colonel and then Brigadier General Jimmy Doolittle John R. Reilly as Lt. Jacob "Shorty" Manch Robert Mitchum as Lt. Bob Gray Scott McKay as Captain David M. "Davey" Jones Donald Curtis as Lt. Randall Louis Jean Heydt as Navy Lieutenant Henry Miller William "Bill" Phillips as Lt. Don Smith Douglas Cowan as Lt. Everett "Brick" Holstrom Paul Langton as Captain "Ski" York Leon Ames as Lt. Jurika Bill Williams as Bud Felton Robert Bice as "Jig" White Hsin Kung as Dr. Chung Benson Fong as Young Dr. Chung Ching Wah Lee as Guerilla Charlie Alan Napier as Mr. Parker Ann Shoemaker as Mrs. Parker Dorothy Morris as Jane Jacqueline White as Emmy York Selena Royle as Mrs. Reynolds John Dehner as Lieutenant Commander (uncredited) Blake Edwards as Lt. Smith's crewman (uncredited) Cast notes Phyllis Thaxter, Tim Murdock, Steve Brodie,