Twelve O'Clock High

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Twelve O'Clock High (21-Dec-1949)

Writers: Sy Bartlett; Beirne Lay, Jr.

From a novel by: Sy Bartlett; Beirne Lay, Jr.

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Richard Anderson Actor 8-Aug-1926 Oscar Goldman on The 6 Million Dollar Man

Dean Jagger Actor 7-Nov-1903 5-Feb-1991 Twelve O'Clock High

Hugh Marlowe Actor 30-Jan-1911 2-May-1982 Jim Matthews on Another World

Gary Merrill Actor 2-Aug-1915 5-Mar-1990 All About Eve

Millard Mitchell Actor 14-Aug-1903 13-Oct-1953 My Six Convicts

Gregory Peck Actor 5-Apr-1916 12-Jun-2003 To Kill A Mockingbird

Kenneth Tobey Actor 23-Mar-1917 22-Dec-2002 Wings of Eagles

REVIEWS

Review by Richard Conner (posted on 17-Sep-2007)

Gregory Peck is among the very best of actors, and no role he played is any better than the brigadier general sent in to rescue the morale and effectiveness of an American bomber wing in World War Two. The wing, demoralized and without disclipline, became so because of the virtual collapse of its commanding officer under the pressures of trying to coordinate multiple massive bombing runs on Nazi targets in the face of severe losses and exhausted crews. The film does an amazing job of following Peck's approach to reconstituting the morale of both officers and men, but also the gradual effect of the same pressures on him. True to historical form and content, the film is gripping and enormously entertaining from beginning to end. One comes away almost overwhelmed with the impact on history such men made, and the price they paid in their contribution to winning the war. There is probably no WW2 movie that better captures the drama of that desperate period than this one, and the supporting cast is exceptional. Well worth seeing, more than once over time for most.

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