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Twelve O'Clock High

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Twelve O'Clock High
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NR,2hrs 12min
Genres:
Drama,Action,War
Released:
January 1, 1949
Director:
Henry King
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Starring:
Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill  ...more
Synopsis: How much can a man give? When the U.S. 8th Army Air Force 918th Bombardment group is ordered on their fourth harrowing mission in four hard days, Brigadier General Frank Savage (Gregory Peck) demands "maximum effort." The bombers are forced to fly lower, to fly farther, and to test themselves -- overspent and fatigued -- right up until death's door. When their dedicated colonel speaks out in their defense, Savage mercilessly takes over command -- an officer should not sympathize with his men. The ... Full Synopsis
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Aubry Anne D'Arminio, AMG Review
Most war films maintain that the officer's experience is incomparable to the trauma that befalls the enlisted man. The genre's resulting narratives consistently dwell on the emotional distance between a higher-up and his inferiors -- an exaggerated separation mended only by a common goal (winning the war) and never a common experience (fighting the battle). Henry King's Twelve O'Clock High rejects ... Full Review
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Gregory Peck
Gen. Frank Savage
Hugh Marlowe
Lt. Col. Ben Gately
Gary Merrill
Col. Keith Davenport
Millard Mitchell
General Pritchard
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