Above and Beyond (1952)

***Above and Beyond*** is a 1952 American World War II film about Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets Jr., the pilot of the aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945. The film was directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama.

## Shooting

* Filming was from February - March of 1952.

## Cast

* Robert Taylor - Colonel Paul Tibbets
* Eleanor Parker - Lucey Tibbets
* James Whitmore - Major Bill Uanna
* Larry Keating - Major General Vernon C. Brent
* Larry Gates - Captain William "Deak" Parsons
* Marilyn Erskine - Marge Bratton
* Stephen Dunne - Major Harry Bratton
* Robert Burton - Brigadier General Samuel E. Roberts
* Hayden Rorke - Dr. Norman Ramsey
* Lawrence Dobkin - Dr. Van Dyke (as Larry Dobkin)
* Jack Raine - Dr. Fiske
* Jonathan Cott - Major Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk
* Jeff Richards - Thomas Ferebee
* Dick Simmons - Bob Lewis
* John McKee - Wyatt Duzenbury
* Pat Conway - Radio Operator (as Patrick Conway)
* Christopher Olsen - Paul Tibbets Jr.
* William F. Leicester - Driver (as William Lester)
* Barbara Ruick - Mary Malone
* Jim Backus - General Curtis E. LeMay

**Rest of cast listed alphabetically:**

* John Baer - Captain (uncredited)
* Tom Bernard - Private (uncredited)
* Robert Board - Lieutenant (uncredited)
* John Close - Co-Pilot (uncredited)
* Fred Coby - Guard (uncredited)
* Dick Cogan - Photographer (uncredited)
* G. Pat Collins - Major General Creston (uncredited)
* Bess Flowers - Civilian at Airport (uncredited)
* George Ford - Officer (uncredited)
* Robert Fuller
* Frank Gerstle - Sergeant Wilson (uncredited)
* Don Gibson - Dexter (uncredited)
* Tom Gibson - Bartender (uncredited)
* William Graeff Jr. - Enola Gay Crewman (uncredited)
* Richard Grayson - Lieutenant (uncredited)
* Dabbs Greer - Steve Haddock (uncredited)
* Sam Hayes - Radio Announcer (uncredited)
* John Hedloe - Lieutenant Malone (uncredited)
* Don Hicks - Lieutenant (uncredited)
* Joseph Keane - Public Relations Officer (uncredited)
* Dorothy Kennedy - Nurse (uncredited)
* John Milton Kennedy - Radio Announcer (uncredited)
* Don Kohler - Reporter (uncredited)
* Jack Lomas - Reporter (uncredited)
* Leota Lorraine - Passerby (uncredited)
* Herbert Lytton - Captain Parsons' Doctor (uncredited)
* Tyler MacDuff - Master Sergeant (uncredited)
* Lee MacGregor - General Robert's Aide (uncredited)
* Kurt Martell - Major (uncredited)
* Roger McGee - Johnson (uncredited)
* Sammy McKim - Captain (uncredited)
* Clyde McLeod - Enola Gay Crewman (uncredited)
* Walter Merrill - Reporter (uncredited)
* Harold Miller - Civilian at Airport (uncredited)
* Ewing Mitchell - General Kenneth Bonner Wolfe (uncredited)
* Steve Mitchell - Guard (uncredited)
* Roger Moore - Civilian (uncredited)
* Thomas Murray - Reporter (uncredited)
* Allen O'Locklin - Photographer (uncredited)
* George Pembroke - Civilian (uncredited)
* John Pickard - Miller (uncredited)
* Barry and Norman Rado - Paul Tibbets III (Age 2) (uncredited)
* Edward Rickard - Scientist (uncredited)
* William Ruhl - Civilian (uncredited)
* Loretta Russell - Civilian at Airport (uncredited)
* Dick Ryan - Reporter (uncredited)
* H. Allen Sharpe - Scientist (uncredited)
* Paul F. Smith - Sergeant Sign-Painter (uncredited)
* Norman Stevans - Enola Gay Crewman (uncredited)
* Robert Stevenson - Military Police Officer (uncredited)
* Edward Tierney - Photographer (uncredited)
* Arthur Tovey - Los Alamos Scientist (uncredited)
* Gregory Walcott - Burns (uncredited)
* Harlan Warde - Chaplain Downey (uncredited)
* Guy Way - Soldier at Washington D.C. Airport (uncredited)
* Crane Whitley - General Corlane (uncredited)
* Mack Williams - Colonel Bill Irvine (uncredited)
* Ward Wood - Talkative Sergeant (uncredited)

## Link

* https://ww2-movie-characters.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Above\_and\_Beyond