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Sincere, square, and interminable.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Twelve O'Clock High
A story of twelve men as their women never knew them...
1949 · 2h 12m · Not Rated
Action, Drama, War
Directed by
Henry King
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Twelve O'Clock High
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.
Director and cast
- Henry King Director
- 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
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
As a drama, High deals soundly and interestingly with its situations.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
One of Peck's best performances.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Fresh
Wisely, the writers and director, Mr. King, have husbanded the potential of an illustrated mission for one big concentrated punch, and they have got into this major sequence great excitement and reality.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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