Fortress

Battles were fought on the ground, wars were won in the sky.

When the commander of the crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber is killed in action in a raid over Sicily in 1943, his replacement, a young, naive pilot struggles to be accepted by the plane's already tight-knit Irish American crew.

1h 29m2012PG-13TMDb 5.3

English

Crew and Cast

Mike PhillipsDirector

Bug Hall

Bug HallMichael

Chris Owen

Edward Finlay

Edward FinlayPhilly

John Laughlin

John LaughlinBase Commander

Manu Intiraymi

Manu IntiraymiCharlie

Jeremy Ray Valdez

Jeremy Ray ValdezTom

Joe Williamson

Joe WilliamsonEddie

Drew Van Acker

Drew Van AckerTremaine

Donnie Jeffcoat

Donnie JeffcoatWally

Mark Doerr

Mark DoerrBriefing Officer

Howard GibsonCaparelli

Sean McGowanArchie

Tony Elias

Tony EliasOliver

Tim Hade

Jamie Martz

Matt Biedel

Matt BiedelMonroe

Storyline

When the commander of the crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber is killed in action in a raid over Sicily in 1943, his replacement, a young, naive pilot struggles to be accepted by the plane's already tight-knit Irish American crew.

Fortress poster

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Info

Status: Released
Released: 1 April 2012
Runtime: 1h 29m
Rating: PG-13
TMDB score: 5.3 / 10 (49 votes)

Production

Director: Mike Phillips
Writers: Adam Klein
Studios: Bayou Pictures, Diamondback 99
Countries: United States of America

Box Office

Budget: $5.0M

Languages

Original: English
Spoken: English