Above and Beyond
The love story behind the billion dollar secret!
1953 | 122m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Norman Panama, Melvin Frank |
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| Writer: | Norman Panama, Melvin Frank, Beirne Lay Jr. |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 02, 1953 |
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| Director: | Norman Panama, Melvin Frank |
| Writer: | Norman Panama, Melvin Frank, Beirne Lay Jr. |
| Genres: | Action, War, Drama |
| Keywords | atomic bomb, biography |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Robert Taylor | Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets |
| Eleanor Parker | Lucey Tibbets |
| James Whitmore | Maj. William M. Uanna |
| Larry Keating | Maj. Gen. Vernon C. Brent |
| Larry Gates | Capt. William Parsons |
| Marilyn Erskine | Marge Bratton |
| Stephen Dunne | Maj. Harry Bratton |
| Robert Burton | Gen. Samuel E. Roberts |
| Hayden Rorke | Dr. Ramsey |
| Lawrence Dobkin | Dr. Van Dyke |
| Jack Raine | Dr. Fiske |
| Jonathan Cott | Capt. Dutch van Kirk |
| Jeff Richards | Maj. Thomas Ferebee |
| John McKee | Sgt. Wyatt E. Duzenbury |
| Dick Simmons | Capt. Robert A. Lewis (Co-Pilot, Enola Gay) |
| Jim Backus | Gen. Curtis E. LeMay |
| Bess Flowers | Wife at Washington D.C. Airport |
| Lee MacGregor | Gen. Robert's Aide |
| Robert Stevenson | Military Officer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
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| Norman Panama | Director, Writer |
| Melvin Frank | Director, Writer |
| Beirne Lay Jr. | Story, Writer |
| Ray June | Director of Photography |
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