Twelve O'Clock High

June 05, 2025 00:03:31
Twelve O'Clock High
Flicks with The Film Snob
Twelve O'Clock High

Jun 05 2025 | 00:03:31

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Show Notes

Gregory Peck plays a general assigned to toughen up an American aircraft bomber group in England during World War II. During World War II, Hollywood made a lot of war films. There were some good ones, and some not so good, but they were all presented in the spirit of patriotism that was a requirement during the fighting, and so almost every one of them could be called a “flag waver.” Nothing wrong with that, except that the reality of war was softened for homefront audiences. On the other hand, in the years right after the war, from the late…

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