'The Hollywood Reporter' announced in December 1956 that James Garner would be starring in this movie but alas in the end Garner did not end up being in this picture.
Natalie Wood received top star name above the title billing for her role as Lois Brennan in this movie yet her role is only supporting one and is only a minor part.
A "$1,400,000 want-ad for Air Force technicians" is how 'Time' Magazine once labeled this movie.
Apparently, this was the first movie ever to feature a B-52 bomber airplane. Other pictures that the B-52 bomber plane appeared in after included A Gathering of Eagles, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, and By Dawn's Early Light.
During production shooting of this movie, actress Natalie Wood was nicknamed "Miss Stratosphere of 1957" by the United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command whilst in Merced County, Wood was also given the pet name of "Sweetheart of Castle Air Force Base" by that Californian US Air Force base.
During the 1980s, film historian Hal Erickson allegedly highlighted this movie's screenplay by Irving Wallace as containing at least a noticeable amount of sexual connotation.
Herlihy drives a 1956 Ford Thunderbird. The car given to Lois as a gift from her dad is a 1956 Ford convertible. The staff cars seen on the AFB are all 1956 Chevrolets.
The meaning and relevance of this movie's title Bombers B-52 is that it is a rewording of the name for the B-52 Bomber aircraft. They actually have the technical name of being known as "Boeing B-52 Stratofortress" aircraft. These airplanes are American subsonic jet-powered strategic long-range bomber aircraft which were initiated by the USAF (United States Air Force) in 1955. This movie was released in 1957 soon after when these aircraft were very new to the world of aviation.
The new at-the-time B-52 Stratofortress bomber airplanes as featured in this movie weighed 500,000 pounds and could fly at a speed of 650+ miles per hour and travel 17,000 miles without actually stopping, according to a review in 'The Hollywood Reporter'.
The Warner Brothers production notes for this movie state that it was predominantly filmed at two United States Air Force Bases in California. These were Castle Air Force Base, Merced County and March Air Force Base (now March Joint Air Reserve Base), Riverside County.
This 1957 movie's opening credits announced "And presenting Efrem Zimbalist, Jr." yet 'Efrem Zimbalist Jr' had already appeared in a number of other movies and TV shows for over ten years since the mid to late 1940s
This movie is a Warner Brother official studio tribute to the B-52 Stratofortress bomber air craft and the United States Air Force.
This movie was designed to showcase the latest in the at-the-time state-of-the-art cutting-edge technology of the United States Air Force aircraft which was predominantly the B-52 Stratofortress bomber aircraft.
This movie's dedication shown at the end of the film states: "With grateful appreciation for the cooperation of the United States Air Force we proudly dedicate this picture to the crew chiefs and ground personnel - - the indispensable men who contribute so much to our airpower."
This movie's working title was 'No Sleep till Dawn'.