Above and Beyond
1952, Film, 122 min, Biography, Drama, War, English, United States, MoviePedia score 64
The love story behind the billion dollar secret!
The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he knows that it can do tremendously more damage than any other weapon used before, and that the death toll resulting from it will be huge. He is reluctant to be the person who will end so many lives, but as time goes on, the pressure upon him only increase.
Directed by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Cast
- Robert Taylor as Col. Paul Tibbets
- Eleanor Parker as Lucey Tibbets
- James Whitmore as Maj. Uanna
- Larry Keating as Maj. Gen. Vernon C. Brent
- Larry Gates as Capt. Parsons
- Marilyn Erskine as Marge Bratton
- Stephen Dunne as Maj. Harry Bratton
- Robert Burton as Gen. Samuel E. Roberts
- Hayden Rorke as Dr. Ramsey
- Lawrence Dobkin as Dr. Van Dyke
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