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Twelve O'Clock High. A fresh, convincing drama about a human crisis in a U.S. wartime bomber group; with Gregory Peck (TIME...
Twelve O'Clock High. A fresh, convincing drama about a human crisis in a U.S. wartime bomber group; with Gregory Peck (TIME...
Twelve O'Clock High. A fresh, convincing drama about a human crisis in a U.S. wartime bomber group; with Gregory Peck (TIME...
...science of command very ably. The picture presents its flyers as normal human beings, afraid, yet not cowardly. They will risk their lives if they can find some purpose in the risk, yet they are reluctant and confused when their missions seem to be accomplishing nothing. Gregory Peck's job, as the new commander, is to give the group some purpose and hope of survival. the production is good because melodrama is kept out of the relationship between the men and their leader almost entirely...
...picture falls down in the intimate depiction of its commander's character. For all Gregory Peck's grizzle, you can't help realizing that somewhere below that clean-cut chin he has a heart of gold. It seems hard to believe that his men couldn't catch on to the idea that their high command had sent what was really a nice guy down to do the dirty work of restoring morale to a jittery unit...