Movie Information
Overall Rank: 3151
Average Rating: 2.8/4
# of Ratings: 34
Theatrical Release Date: 12/21/1949
Language: English
Genre: Action, Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry King
Actors: Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Edwards, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, Dean Jagger
Plot: A bomber unit suffering from low morale due to heavy losses comes under the command of hard-nosed General Frank Savage who makes it his mission to turn his crew around and get them back into fighting shape. -- Chris Kavan
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Twelve O'Clock High
Ichabod Crane - wrote on 11/04/2009
This is a film about pilots during World War II who go day after day in missions that will more than likely results in the deaths of some of the men. The film has some major problems. It has too many characters who are listed by names and you would be hard pressed to recall who they are. For example there is one big dramatic moment where one of the men has died on a mission but you would have a hard time remebering who they are. Only Dean Jagger and Gregory Peck are given enough time to even be noticed as characters. Everyone else pretty much blends in all together.
The scenes of the missions really do not work as well as they should. They use stock footage to fill in for the film air fights, and it doesn't really work well. It is obvious from the scratchy ness, and although it …
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