---
title: 'Above and Beyond (1952)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Melvin Frank'
released: '1952-12-31'
runtime_minutes: 122
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/above-and-beyond-1952'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044324/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Above and Beyond (1952)

1952 · 122 min · Drama, History · United States


## Synopsis

Above and Beyond is a 1952 American World War II docudrama film directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama about Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets Jr., the pilot of the aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945. The film stars Robert Taylor as Tibbets and features a love story with Eleanor Parker as his wife.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Melvin Frank](https://cinepixo.com/people/melvin-frank), [Norman Panama](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-panama)
- **Screenplay:** [Melvin Frank](https://cinepixo.com/people/melvin-frank)
- **Producer:** [Melvin Frank](https://cinepixo.com/people/melvin-frank)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hugo Friedhofer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-friedhofer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ray June](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-june)
- **Editor:** [Cotton Warburton](https://cinepixo.com/people/cotton-warburton)

## Cast

- [Barbara Ruick](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-ruick)
- [Eleanor Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/eleanor-parker)
- [Marilyn Erskine](https://cinepixo.com/people/marilyn-erskine)
- [John Pickard](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-pickard)
- [James Whitmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-whitmore) as William L. Uanna
- [Larry Gates](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-gates) as William Sterling Parsons
- [Jim Backus](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-backus)
- [Robert Burton](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-burton)
- [Hayden Rorke](https://cinepixo.com/people/hayden-rorke)
- [Jeff Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-richards)
- [Stephen Dunne](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-dunne)
- [Harlan Warde](https://cinepixo.com/people/harlan-warde)
- [Robert Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-taylor) as Paul Tibbets
- [Larry Keating](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-keating)
- [Lawrence Dobkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-dobkin)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/above-and-beyond-1952
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