THE BIG LIFT IS A 1950 AMERICAN DRAMA WAR FILM ON LOCATION IN THE CITY OF BERLIN, GERMANY, THAT TELLS THE STORY OF "OPERATION VITTLES", THE 1948–49 BERLIN AIRLIFT, THROUGH THE EXPERIENCES OF TWO U.S. AIR FORCE SERGEANTS. STARRING MONTGOMERY CLIFT, CORNELL BORCHERS, PAUL DOUGLAS.