Twelve o'Clock High
Twelve o'Clock High ★★★½ 1949
Epic drama about the heroic 8th Air Force, with Peck as bombergroup commander sent to shape up a hardluck group, forced to drive himself and his men to the breaking point. Compelling dramatization of the strain of military command. Includes impressive footage of actual WWII battles. Bestever flying fortress movie. 132m/B VHS, DVD . Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, Dean Jagger, Paul Stewart, Robert Arthur, John Kellogg, Sam Edwards, Russ Conway, Lawrence (Larry) Dobkin; D: Henry King; W: Sy Bartlett, Beirne Lay Jr.; C: Leon Shamroy; M: Alfred Newman. Oscars ‘49: Sound, Support. Actor (Jagger), Natl. Film Reg. ‘98.
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