Twelve O'Clock High is a high-stakes, high-tension war drama powered by great, well-written characters. Read critic reviews
Twelve O'Clock High
1949, War/Drama, 2h 12m
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In 1942, an American Air Force unit stationed in England is plagued with morale problems until no-nonsense Brigadier General Frank Savage (Gregory Peck) assumes command. His tough leadership is initially resented by not only his pilots but his second-in-command (Hugh Marlowe), a West Point graduate and son of a general. But, with the help of a hotshot flying ace (Robert Patten) and a sympathetic administrator (Dean Jagger), the unit pulls together into a gung-ho fighting crew.
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Genre: War, Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Henry King
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Producer: Darryl F Zanuck
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Writer: Sy Bartlett, Beirne Lay Jr.
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Distributor: 20th Century Fox
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Audience Reviews for Twelve O'Clock High
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Remember WW2? This is one of the many war/propaganda-for-America films that emerged, each usually looking at some different theater of the war, this one about the early war efforts at daylight bombing. Gregory Peck's job is getting his crew up to speed and then sending them to maybe get killed, and this is where the work lingers, the price of war. Although situated in England there is little in the film to indicate that, mostly occurring on an American base there. It satisfies the I-want-a-war-film fix, but only just barely.
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A film that no doubt produced "nostalgia" about the concluded war effort. There is nothing wrong with Peck's portrayal which is quite good. It just reeks of film propaganda that was prevalent during the war period already past.
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Overall, I liked this film. It was slow and stagy and speechy and borderline joyless, but Gregory Peck's charisma is enough to keep you watching, and the speeches are quite good. A fine tale of what it takes to be a leader, and maybe one of the earliest war movies told in the flashback mode we now associate with Saving Private Ryan.
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One of the all-time great war films. High marks for drama, technical accuracy and, best of all, Gregory freakin-Peck!
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