Above and Beyond (1952 film)
Above and Beyond is a 1952 American World War II film about Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets Jr., the pilot of the aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945.
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| Directed by | Melvin Frank Norman Panama |
| Screenplay by | Melvin Frank Norman Panama Beirne Lay Jr. |
| Story by | Beirne Lay Jr. |
| Produced by | Melvin Frank Norman Panama |
| Starring | Robert Taylor Eleanor Parker James Whitmore |
| Cinematography | Ray June |
| Edited by | Cotton Warburton |
| Music by | Hugo Friedhofer |
Production company | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,397,000 |
| Box office | $3,980,000 |
Directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, it stars Robert Taylor as Tibbets and features a love story with Eleanor Parker as his wife. James Whitmore plays security officer William L. Uanna.The story of the dropping of the atomic bomb is treated as a docudrama, with the film focusing on the relationship between Tibbets and his wife.
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