Above and Beyond

Overview

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.

Directed by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama

Top cast

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

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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

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Robert Stevenson

Military Officer (uncredited)

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