Above and Beyond
6.9
“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.
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Cast
19 people
Robert Taylor
Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets
Known for
Quo Vadis
Ivanhoe
Eleanor Parker
Lucey Tibbets
Known for
The Sound of Music
The Man with the Golden Arm
James Whitmore
Maj. William M. Uanna
Known for
The Shawshank Redemption
Planet of the Apes
Larry Keating
Maj. Gen. Vernon C. Brent
Known for
Mister Ed
When Worlds Collide
Larry Gates
Capt. William Parsons
Known for
In the Heat of the Night
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Marilyn Erskine
Marge Bratton
Known for
Westward the Women
Stephen Dunne
Maj. Harry Bratton
Known for
Shock
Robert Burton
Gen. Samuel E. Roberts
Known for
The Big Heat
The Tall T
Hayden Rorke
Dr. Ramsey
Known for
I Dream of Jeannie
All That Heaven Allows
Lawrence Dobkin
Dr. Van Dyke
Known for
Patton
The Defiant Ones
Jack Raine
Dr. Fiske
Known for
Julius Caesar
The Killing of Sister George
Jonathan Cott
Capt. Dutch van Kirk
Known for
Scaramouche
Melvin Frank Director · Norman Panama Director Beirne Lay Jr. Writer
Worldwide gross $4M · Budget $1.4M · United States release January 2, 1953
Box office
Budget
$1,397,000
Worldwide gross
$3,980,000
Gross vs. budget
2.8×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · December 31, 1952
Premiere · Washington, D.C.
United States · January 2, 1953
Theatrical
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