Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on September 27, 2015

Above and Beyond Directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama Written by Frank, Panama, and Beirne Lay Jr.; story by Lay 1952/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Amazon Instant This account of preparation to drop the first atomic bomb seems to have been pretty heavily fictionalized.  There&#821   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on April 22, 2010

Above and Beyond (1952). The film is about Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. Cast: Robert Taylor , Eleanor Parker and James Whitmore. Brent believes that Paul, an Army Air Corps pilot, is the man for an important job and orders him to...   read more