Twelve O'Clock High

..... but too talkative, though interesting. The battle scenes towards the end of the movie are authentic. Splendid performances by Gregory Peck and particularly by Dean Jagger. Twelve O'Clock High continues to be an absorbing film over 70 years after its release.

Excellent portrayal of the US heavy bomber offensive in Europe in WW2. Gregory Peck is superb as the hard-nosed group commander (but, then, that is a given I guess - I can't think of a less-than-great performance by him).

No gungho up and at 'em men. No false heroics. A great war film, but also an anti-war film of great intensity. Just ordinary men (and boys) doing the job they knew they had got to do. Greg Peck magnificent as the general forced to stiffen the morale of his bomber group, and who he himself eventually cracks under the strain. Dean Jagger outstanding and thoroughly deserving his oscar as best supporting actor. A truly great film, 10 out of 10 in my book. There are still disused airfields like that shown at the beginning only a few miles from where I live (although they were RAF bases). In 1943-45 as a young schoolboy I lived further down south in England and often saw the American Fortresses going to, and returning (not all of them!) from their daylight raids over Germany . A fine tribute to those American airmen wo gave their lives over Europe.