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Twelve O'Clock High. Twelve O'Clock High is a 1949 American war film directed by Henry King and based on the novel of the same name by Sy Bartlett and Beirne Lay, Jr. It stars Gregory Peck as Brig. General Frank Savage. Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, and Dean Jagger also appear in supporting roles.
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Twelve O’Clock High, American war film, released in 1949, that was noted for its groundbreaking depiction of the psychological effects of war on soldiers.
American attorney Harvey Stovall (played by Dean Jagger) is a tourist in London in 1949 when he happens upon an old Toby jug (a beer jug in the shape of a man) in an antique shop. The jug reminds him of his days in England during World War II, and he subsequently visits the village of Archbury and the abandoned airfield where seven years earlier he had served with the U.S. 8th Army Air Force 918th Bombardment Group. The film then shifts to 1942, proceeding in flashback. Stovall recalls Frank Savage (Gregory Peck), the hard-as-nails new brigadier general put in charge of his “unlucky” and undisciplined bombing squadron, made up of exhausted and emotionally spent men. According to Savage, the previous commander had grown too close to his men, and the new tough policies that Savage institutes alienate the airmen until they see that his policies are the ones that will keep them alive. Savage castigates the men, tells them to stop pitying themselves, and musters their morale as they prepare for longer and more dangerous daylight missions far into German territory. (Whenever a new mission is imminent, the Toby jug on the mantle of the officers’ club is turned outward, away from the wall; “Not again,” says an officer when he sees the jug’s face.) Savage knows many of the young airmen will die in the forthcoming missions, and this weighs so heavily on his conscience that he himself has a breakdown during a mission. Like his predecessor, Savage grew to “care too much,” and he is then relieved of his duties.
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•Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox
•Director: Henry King
•Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
•Writers: Sy Bartlett and Beirne Lay, Jr.
•Music: Alfred Newman
•Running time: 132 minutes
•Gregory Peck (Brig. Gen. Frank Savage)
•Hugh Marlowe (Lieut. Col. Ben Gately)
•Gary Merrill (Col. Ernie Davenport)
•Dean Jagger (Maj. Harvey Stovall)
•Picture
•Sound*
•Lead actor (Gregory Peck)
•Supporting actor* (Dean Jagger)
- Lee Pfeiffer
Twelve O'Clock High: Directed by Henry King. With Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell. A tough-as-nails general (Gregory Peck as General Savage) takes over a B-17 bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.
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- Drama, War
- Henry King
- 1950-02-13
The classic 1948 film Twelve O’Clock High tells the story of a fictional air group based in the UK that conducted hundreds of daytime bombing raids over Germany. Even the tough, no-nonsense Group Commander (played by Gregory Peck) is not immune from the stress of combat. Join Sean and James as they discuss this fascinating and highly ...
Twelve O'Clock High (1949) steps into the cockpit of the traditional World War II movie and flies it in unexpected directions. It's traditional because it has many of the usual ingredients for a story about American soldiers in the European theater - a bomber unit, tension between superior officers and subordinates, tense missions to distant targets, aerial dogfights with German planes, and ...
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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. Sy Bartlett. Novel, Screenplay.
