Above and Beyond

Above and Beyond

1952 | 2h 2m | Drama, Biography | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

In this true story of World War II heroism and sacrifice, Robert Taylor stars as American Air Force Colonel Paul Tibbets, the man chosen and trained to pilot the Enola Gay, the plane that releases an atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Melvin Frank

Norman Panama

CAST

Eleanor Parker

James Whitmore

Larry Keating

James Whitmore

Larry Gates

PRODUCERS

Melvin Frank

Norman Panama

WRITERS

Melvin Frank

Beirne Lay

Norman Panama

Beirne Lay

Host Intros

01:23
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Above And Beyond (1952)
Intro Aired: May 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Above And Beyond, 1952.

Related Videos

03:19
Above And Beyond (1952) -- (Movie Cip) Operation Silver Plate
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Opening scene from producing, writing and directing team Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, Eleanor Parker (as Lucey) narrating, introducing Robert Taylor as her soon-to-be famous pilot husband, in the atomic bomb docu-drama Above And Beyond, 1952.
03:46
Above And Beyond (1952) -- (Movie Cip) Is It Really A Deathtrap?
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Pilot Paul Tibbets (Robert Taylor) returns to wife Lucey (Eleanor Parker) and their new child, Harry and Marge (Stephen Dunne, Marilyn Erskine) joining, as he delivers bad news, nobody yet knowing he'll be dropping the atomic bomb, in Above And Beyond, 1952.
03:27
Above And Beyond (1952) -- (Movie Cip) They Didn't Talk Twice
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Col. Tibbetts (Robert Taylor) and Maj. Uanna (James Whitmore) -- both real life characters -- briefing their troops at Wendover Field, then running an experiment, Eleanor Parker, as Tibbets' wife, narrating, in the atomic-bomb bio-pic Above And Beyond, 1952.
03:38
Above And Beyond (1952) -- (Movie Cip) No Turning Back
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Pilot Tibbets (Robert Taylor) not knowing what's up as he's summoned before security boss Major Uanna (James Whitmore) then General Brent (Larry Keating), who reveals atomic bomb news, in Above And Beyond, 1952.
03:47
Above And Beyond - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
Robert Taylor portrays Col. Paul Tibbets, the man who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, in Above And Beyond (1952).

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