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Twelve O'Clock High

A tough-as-nails general (Gregory Peck as General Savage) takes over a B-17 bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.

Director

Henry King

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

20th Century Fox

Awards

Won 2 Oscars. 5 wins & 3 nominations total

Gen. Savage

Lt. Col. Ben Gately

Col. Davenport

Gen. Pritchard

Millard Mitchell

Maj. Stovall

Sgt. McIllhenny

Capt. 'Doc' Kaiser

Maj. Cobb

Lt. Bishop

Lt. Zimmerman

Birdwell

Interrogation Officer

Officer

Radio Operator

Clerk in Antique Shop

Operations Officer

Mr. Britton

Campbell Copelin

RAF Officer

Capt. Twombley

Lawrence Dobkin

Officer

Savage's Co-Pilot

Cab Driver

Officer Standing at Bar

Officer

Dwight - Hospital Patient

Cobb's Co-Pilot

First Patient in Base Hospital

Lt Wilson

Corporal Bartender at Officer's Club

Lord Haw-Haw

Radio Officer

Nurse

Joyce Mackenzie

Corporal

Operations Officer

Weather Observer

Bombardier

Gately's Co-Pilot

Lt. Pettinghill

Navigator

Bishop's Co-Pilot

Sgt. Keller - MP Guard at Gate

Barman

Clerk

Sgt. Ernie - Gen. Savage's Driver

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...Stovall. - Twelve O'Clock High

-Where did you get this?
-An auction at Archbury, sir. - Twelve O'Clock High

-Where did you get this? -An auction at Archbury, sir.

♪ Anyone else but me
Anyone else but me ♪ - Twelve O'Clock High

♪ Anyone else but me Anyone else but me ♪

♪ Bless them all
Bless them all ♪ - Twelve O'Clock High

♪ Bless them all Bless them all ♪

♪ We're poor little lambs ♪ - Twelve O'Clock High

♪ We're poor little lambs ♪

We can't go back. - Twelve O'Clock High

We can't go back.

-What do I do with an arm, sir?
-An arm? Whose arm? - Twelve O'Clock High

-What do I do with an arm, sir? -An arm? Whose arm?

Sergeant, get me a blanket
out of that ambulance. - Twelve O'Clock High

Sergeant, get me a blanket out of that ambulance.

Come on. I'll give
you boys a lift. - Twelve O'Clock High

Come on. I'll give you boys a lift.

Did you get the coordinates on a
Fort and a Spitfire down in the Channel? - Twelve O'Clock High

Did you get the coordinates on a Fort and a Spitfire down in...

That's it, gentlemen.
Thanks a lot. - Twelve O'Clock High

That's it, gentlemen. Thanks a lot.

Somebody's got to give me a policy some kind of yardstick - Twelve O'Clock High

Somebody's got to give me a policy some kind of...

He's gonna bust wide open - Twelve O'Clock High

He's gonna bust wide open

I believe that to some degree a man makes his own luck - Twelve O'Clock High

I believe that to some degree a man makes his own luck

Keith, I want you to get to bed. - Twelve O'Clock High

Keith, I want you to get to bed.

Major, the 918th will stand down
until a new commanding officer arrives. - Twelve O'Clock High

Major, the 918th will stand down until a new commanding offi...

-Want me to take it, sir?
-No. - Twelve O'Clock High

-Want me to take it, sir? -No.

-All right, Sergeant.
-Yes, sir. - Twelve O'Clock High

-All right, Sergeant. -Yes, sir.

-Locate my quarters and drop my bags off.
-Yes, sir. - Twelve O'Clock High

-Locate my quarters and drop my bags off. -Yes, sir.

Have you been drinking Major I have - Twelve O'Clock High

Have you been drinking Major I have

Colonel Gately is here, sir. - Twelve O'Clock High

Colonel Gately is here, sir.

May I ask the general why
I've been placed under arrest? - Twelve O'Clock High

May I ask the general why I've been placed under arrest...

Stand at attention. - Twelve O'Clock High

Stand at attention.

Is that right - Twelve O'Clock High

Rights Gately - Twelve O'Clock High

Cut an order relieving
Colonel Gately as air exec. - Twelve O'Clock High

Cut an order relieving Colonel Gately as air exec.

Have another, Major Cobb. - Twelve O'Clock High

Have another, Major Cobb.

-Corporal.
-Yes, sir. - Twelve O'Clock High

-Corporal. -Yes, sir.

I'll probably see you
tomorrow morning. - Twelve O'Clock High

I'll probably see you tomorrow morning.

Come in. - Twelve O'Clock High

There will be a briefing for a practice mission at 1100 this morning - Twelve O'Clock High

There will be a briefing for a practice mission at 1100 this...

I'd better get over to the office 'cause
the traffic is gonna be pretty heavy. - Twelve O'Clock High

I'd better get over to the office 'cause the traff...

Paint it with iodine and mark them duty Doc - Twelve O'Clock High

Paint it with iodine and mark them duty Doc

-Yes, sir.
-Send Bishop in. - Twelve O'Clock High

-Yes, sir. -Send Bishop in.

I better practice saluting you,
Lieutenant. That goes with the medal. - Twelve O'Clock High

I better practice saluting you, Lieutenant. That goes with t...

Well, I can see why
they sent you, Bishop. - Twelve O'Clock High

Well, I can see why they sent you, Bishop.

Yes? - Twelve O'Clock High

How did you happen to get into paperwork - Twelve O'Clock High

How did you happen to get into paperwork

What a way to run an outfit. - Twelve O'Clock High

What a way to run an outfit.

Let me have your attention. - Twelve O'Clock High

Let me have your attention.

-Everything set?
-Yes, sir. - Twelve O'Clock High

-Everything set? -Yes, sir.

"Close it up.
Close it up. Closer. - Twelve O'Clock High

"Close it up. Close it up. Closer.

We're alerted, sir! - Twelve O'Clock High

We're alerted, sir!

-Okay, if that's all, dismissed.
-Attention! - Twelve O'Clock High

-Okay, if that's all, dismissed. -Attention!

That's 21, sir.
They're all back. - Twelve O'Clock High

That's 21, sir. They're all back.

No sir I didn't hear a thing - Twelve O'Clock High

No sir I didn't hear a thing

-How is it going?
-Beats me. - Twelve O'Clock High

-How is it going? -Beats me.

They're heading in, Major.
We just got a reading. - Twelve O'Clock High

They're heading in, Major. We just got a reading.

-Fourteen.
-Fifteen. Sixteen. - Twelve O'Clock High

-Fourteen. -Fifteen. Sixteen.

-How was it, sir?
-It was rough. - Twelve O'Clock High

-How was it, sir? -It was rough.

-Did you know about this, Joe?
-No, sir, I didn't. - Twelve O'Clock High

-Did you know about this, Joe? -No, sir, I didn't.

Twombley! Stovall! - Twelve O'Clock High

Twombley! Stovall!

Well, you're pretty proud
of yourselves, I suppose. - Twelve O'Clock High

Well, you're pretty proud of yourselves, I suppose.

Did you hit anything up there Harvey - Twelve O'Clock High

Did you hit anything up there Harvey

Mclllhenny, I heard
about those two F.W.'s. - Twelve O'Clock High

Mclllhenny, I heard about those two F.W.'s.

-When are they due back?
-Any time now. - Twelve O'Clock High

-When are they due back? -Any time now.

Call the tower. Get a count. - Twelve O'Clock High

Call the tower. Get a count.

-A fractured spine?
-That's about what it amounts to. - Twelve O'Clock High

-A fractured spine? -That's about what it amounts to.

Um... Ben... - Twelve O'Clock High

Looks like I'll have to rate you
a "class-A" customer, Colonel. - Twelve O'Clock High

Looks like I'll have to rate you a "class-A" ...

-Keith.
-Yes, sir. - Twelve O'Clock High

-Keith. -Yes, sir.

-Tail wheel.
-Locked. Light off, sir. - Twelve O'Clock High

-Tail wheel. -Locked. Light off, sir.

Over Splasher
Beacon nine, navigator. - Twelve O'Clock High

Over Splasher Beacon nine, navigator.

Uh, Savage to crew. - Twelve O'Clock High

Uh, Savage to crew.

Navigator to Commander. - Twelve O'Clock High

Navigator to Commander.

Navigator, do you estimate
we've crossed the enemy coast? - Twelve O'Clock High

Navigator, do you estimate we've crossed the enemy coas...

Birdwell got a direct
hit, sir. He's going down. - Twelve O'Clock High

Birdwell got a direct hit, sir. He's going down.

More comin' around from one.
Watch 'em, Eddie. Watch 'em! - Twelve O'Clock High

More comin' around from one. Watch 'em, Eddie. Wat...

I got one! He's bailing out. - Twelve O'Clock High

I got one! He's bailing out.

B-17 droppin' out of
Low Squadron in trouble. - Twelve O'Clock High

B-17 droppin' out of Low Squadron in trouble.

B-17 out of
control, three o'clock. - Twelve O'Clock High

B-17 out of control, three o'clock.

There goes another
Charlie. He's spinning in, sir. - Twelve O'Clock High

There goes another Charlie. He's spinning in, sir.

Navigator, did we make up
that two and half minutes yet? - Twelve O'Clock High

Navigator, did we make up that two and half minutes yet?

-Halstuben dead ahead, sir.
-Pilot to bombardier. Center the P.D.I. - Twelve O'Clock High

-Halstuben dead ahead, sir. -Pilot to bombardier. Center the...

That is not why I am drunk tonight - Twelve O'Clock High

That is not why I am drunk tonight

Guess it's about that time. - Twelve O'Clock High

Guess it's about that time.

What's the matter, sir? - Twelve O'Clock High

What's the matter, sir?

Get hold of Doc Kaiser.
I'll take the lead ship. - Twelve O'Clock High

Get hold of Doc Kaiser. I'll take the lead ship.

-Where's my oxygen mask?
-Fra... Frank! - Twelve O'Clock High

-Where's my oxygen mask? -Fra... Frank!

Stop it! Stop it! - Twelve O'Clock High

Stop it! Stop it!

Can't make it! - Twelve O'Clock High

Cigarette, Frank? - Twelve O'Clock High

Cigarette, Frank?

Did you ever see a light bulb burn out - Twelve O'Clock High

Did you ever see a light bulb burn out

They're back, Frank. - Twelve O'Clock High

They're back, Frank.

Eight. Nine. - Twelve O'Clock High

Control tower. - Twelve O'Clock High

Nineteen. - Twelve O'Clock High

I'm kind of tired. - Twelve O'Clock High

I'm kind of tired.

♪ Don't sit under the apple
tree with anyone else but me ♪ - Twelve O'Clock High

♪ Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but m...

♪ We're poor little lambs
who have lost our way ♪ - Twelve O'Clock High

♪ We're poor little lambs who have lost our way ♪

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A tough-as-nails general (Gregory Peck as General Savage) takes over a B-17 bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.

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Director: Henry King

Writer: Sy Bartlett, Beirne Lay Jr., Henry King

Production: 20th Century Fox

Genre: drama, war

Year: 1949

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 13 Feb 1950

Awards: Won 2 Oscars. 5 wins & 3 nominations total

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