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Above and Beyond

61 %|Jan 2, 1953|Action, Drama, War

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.

Featured Crew

Melvin Frank
Director
Norman Panama
Director
Beirne Lay Jr.
Story
Melvin Frank
Writer
Norman Panama
Writer
Beirne Lay Jr.
Writer
Ray June
Director of Photography

Cast

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Robert Taylor
Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets
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Eleanor Parker
Lucey Tibbets
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James Whitmore
Maj. William M. Uanna
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Larry Keating
Maj. Gen. Vernon C. Brent
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Larry Gates
Capt. William Parsons
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Marilyn Erskine
Marge Bratton
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Stephen Dunne
Maj. Harry Bratton
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Robert Burton
Gen. Samuel E. Roberts
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Hayden Rorke
Dr. Ramsey
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Lawrence Dobkin
Dr. Van Dyke
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Jack Raine
Dr. Fiske
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Jonathan Cott
Capt. Dutch van Kirk
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Jeff Richards
Maj. Thomas Ferebee
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John McKee
Sgt. Wyatt E. Duzenbury
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Dick Simmons
Capt. Robert A. Lewis (Co-Pilot, Enola Gay)
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Jim Backus
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
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Bess Flowers
Wife at Washington D.C. Airport
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Lee MacGregor
Gen. Robert's Aide