Twelve O'Clock High

This article is about the film. For the television series, see 12 O'Clock High (TV series). For the computer wargame, see 12 O'Clock High: Bombing the Reich.
Twelve O'Clock High
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHenry King
Screenplay byHenry King (uncredited)
Sy Bartlett
Beirne Lay Jr.
Based onTwelve O'Clock High
(1948 novel)
by Sy Bartlett
Beirne Lay Jr.
Produced byDarryl F. Zanuck
StarringGregory Peck
CinematographyLeon Shamroy
Edited byBarbara McLean
Music byAlfred Newman
Distributed byTwentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Release dates
  • December 21, 1949 (1949-12-21) (Los Angeles)
  • January 26, 1950 (1950-01-26) (New York City)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3,225,000 (U.S. rentals)[1][2]

Twelve O'Clock High is a 1949 American war film directed by Henry King and based on the novel of the same name by Sy Bartlett and Beirne Lay, Jr. It stars Gregory Peck as Brig. General Frank Savage. Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, and Dean Jagger also appear in supporting roles.

The film was nominated for four Academy Awards and won two: Dean Jagger for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and Thomas T. Moulton for Best Sound Recording.[3] In 1998, Twelve O'Clock High was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[4][5]

  1. ^ "The Top Box Office Hits of 1950." Variety, January 3, 1951.
  2. ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p. 223
  3. ^ "The 22nd Academy Awards (1950) Nominees and Winners." oscars.org. Retrieved: August 18, 2011.
  4. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
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