| A Gathering of Eagles | |
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 Promotional poster for A Gathering of Eagles | |
| Directed by | Delbert Mann |
| Screenplay by | Robert Pirosh |
| Story by | Sy Bartlett |
| Produced by | Sy Bartlett |
| Starring | Rock Hudson Rod Taylor Mary Peach Barry Sullivan |
| Cinematography | Russell Harlan |
| Edited by | Russell F. Schoengarth Robert Schulte |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith Tom Lehrer |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal International Pictures |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,346,500[1] |
| Box office | $2,500,000 (US/Canada)[2] |
A Gathering of Eagles is a 1963 SuperScope Eastmancolor film about the U.S. Air Force during the Cold War and the pressures of command. The plot is patterned after the World War II film Twelve O'Clock High, which producer-screenwriter Sy Bartlett also wrote, with elements also mirroring Above and Beyond and Toward the Unknown, films written by his collaborator, Beirne Lay Jr. The film was directed by Delbert Mann.
Rock Hudson plays United States Air Force colonel Jim Caldwell, a Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 wing commander who must prepare his unit to pass a grueling operational readiness inspection.
The film also stars Rod Taylor, Mary Peach, Barry Sullivan, Kevin McCarthy, Henry Silva, Robert Lansing, Leif Erickson and Richard Anderson.