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Bookmark this pageA Gathering of Eagles (1962)
Director: Delbert Mann
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From Time Out Film Guide
This loose remake, transposed to a peacetime setting, of producer Sy Bartlett's script for the much superior Twelve O'Clock High sees Rock Hudson struggling vainly to imitate the former version's Gregory Peck, as a colonel determined to improve the alertness and efficiency of a Strategic Air Command base. The conflict that arises from his ruthlessness - and the rumours surrounding his relationship with another officer's wife - are a pale shadow of the desperate strain evoked by Peck's wartime predicament. The flying footage, however, with its impressive if disturbingly hawkish shots of B-52 bombers, gives the film a sense of life; hardly surprising, since Bartlett and his director were both former fliers themselves.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Delbert Mann
Producer: Sy Bartlett
Cast: Rock Hudson, Mary Peach, Rod Taylor, Barry Sullivan, Kevin McCarthy, Henry Silva, Leora Dana full cast
Duration: 115 mins
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