One Minute to Zero the battle talk sounds faithful and the inter-cut news shots are sincere, neither the story nor the performances of the actors, including Miss Blyth and Mr. Mitchum, rings true. Here is another war picture that smells of grease paint and studios." The intercutting of stock footage of USAF Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star and Royal Australian Air Force North American P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers, along with other aerial sequences has made "One Minute to Zero" an aviation film buff's favorite. One Minute to Zero One Minute to Zero (1952) is a romantic war film starring Robert Mitchum and Ann Blyth, set during
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