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Twelve O'Clock High

Twelve O'Clock High

A story of twelve men as their women never knew them...

19497.12h 12m

Overview

In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disciplined fighting unit in spite of heavy losses, and withering attacks by German fighters over their targets.

Directed by Henry King
Written by Sy Bartlett, Beirne Lay Jr.
Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
Box Office0Revenue: $3.2M

Top Cast

Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck

Brigadier General Frank Savage

Hugh Marlowe

Hugh Marlowe

Lieutenant Colonel Ben Gately

Gary Merrill

Gary Merrill

Colonel Keith Davenport

Millard Mitchell

Millard Mitchell

Major General Patrick Pritchard

Dean Jagger

Dean Jagger

Major / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Stovall

Robert Arthur

Robert Arthur

Sergeant McIllhenny

Paul Stewart

Paul Stewart

Major "Doc" Kaiser (flight surgeon)

John Kellogg

John Kellogg

Major Cobb

Robert Patten

Robert Patten

Lieutenant Bishop

Lee MacGregor

Lee MacGregor

Lieutenant Zimmerman

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or booknaziworld war iiu.s. air forcemilitary baseair raidbomber pilot1940s

About Twelve O'Clock High

Twelve O'Clock High is a war, action, drama film released in 1949 exploring themes of based on novel or book, nazi, world war ii, u.s. air force, military base, air raid. Directed by Henry King, it stars Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill. In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disciplined fighting unit in spite of heavy losses, and withering attacks by German fighters over their targets.

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