Sign a petition for a Van Johnson Postage Stamp ~ http://vanjohnsonstamp.org/petition.html. Flight crews are informed that their mission is bombing Tokyo...It may be a suicide mission! Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo brought Van Johnson his first starring role in an A picture, after getting a career build-up in supporting roles and low-budget films. It also marked the screen debuts of Phyllis Thaxter, cast as his wife, and the last minor supporting role for Robert Mitchum, then a freelance actor; he would graduate to leading men roles in his next feature, Nevada (1944). by Frank Miller