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WHRO Public Media Presents Cinema 15 Classics

The Big Lift (1950)

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The Big Lift (1950)

WHRO Public Media Presents Cinema 15 Classics Episode 42 | 102m 12s | CC

Two daredevil pilots risk everything to get supplies past a Russian blockade to those starving in post-war Berlin. Montgomery Clift plays a US Air Force sergeant who seeks the affections of a beautiful German war widow while his friend (Paul Douglas) questions his hatred of the German people.

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