Above and Beyond (1952)
Directed by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama · 122 min · Action, Drama, War
14.1 TOPICAL score · #5,138 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Above and Beyond (1952, directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama) has a TOPICAL score of 14.1 - ranked 5,138 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on historical impact. It won 1 award from 3 nominations, including the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. Audiences: TMDB 6.2/10 (18 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 12 languages.
Why this score
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- AudienceTMDB 6.2/10 (18 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 3 nominations - incl. National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 12 languages
- Still read1,575 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Robert Taylor (actor #1,790), Eleanor Parker (actor #769), James Whitmore (actor #832), Larry Keating