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Above and Beyond

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IMDB ID: tt0044324

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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.

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Robert Taylor

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Eleanor Parker

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James Whitmore

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Larry Keating

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Larry Gates

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Marilyn Erskine

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Stephen Dunne

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Robert Burton

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Hayden Rorke

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Lawrence Dobkin

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Melvin Frank

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Norman Panama

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Beirne Lay Jr.

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Norman Panama

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Melvin Frank

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