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Twelve O'Clock High
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.
1949 · Directed by Henry King · 132 min · War · Action · Drama · 8 frames
Tagline
A story of twelve men as their women never knew them...
Crew
- Screenplay: Sy Bartlett, Beirne Lay Jr.
- Cinematography: Leon Shamroy
- Edited by: Barbara McLean
- Music: Alfred Newman
- Produced by: Darryl F. Zanuck
Cast
- Gregory Peck as Brigadier General Frank Savage
- Hugh Marlowe as Lieutenant Colonel Ben Gately
- Gary Merrill as Colonel Keith Davenport
- Millard Mitchell as Major General Patrick Pritchard
- Dean Jagger as Major / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Stovall
- Robert Arthur as Sergeant McIllhenny
- Paul Stewart as Major "Doc" Kaiser (flight surgeon)
- John Kellogg as Major Cobb
- Robert Patten as Lieutenant Bishop
- Lee MacGregor as Lieutenant Zimmerman
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: 20th Century Fox
- Box office: $3,225,000
- Themes: based on novel or book, nazi, world war ii, u.s. air force, military base, air raid, bomber pilot, 1940s
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