(January 10, 2021 at 11:22 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: Flight of the Intruder.
I first saw this movie in the early 1990s when it was made. It's about a US Navy A6 Intruder pilot flying missions against North Viet Nam from an aircraft carrier. He becomes depressed with political restrictions of targets and decides to go against orders and hit forbidden targets in downtown Hanoi.
I rented this movie after hearing that the Christmas bomber in Tennessee played the song, "Downtown" over his RV's PA system before detonating his bomb. Petula Clark (the singer) was horrified and befuddled about why he did this. It's almost a certainty that that act was inspired by this movie.
The scene where they're sitting on picnic tables while waiting for their verdict was shot at Long Beach Naval Station, on the seawall around the harbor. I was there on Peleliu.