A Gathering of Eagles (1963)

Directed by

Delbert Mann

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A U.S. Air Force colonel commands a B-52 bomber wing during the Cold War. He faces intense pressure to prepare his unit for a critical readiness inspection.

tensepressuredseriousformalslow-burndramaticearnestmilitary-focused

What happens

A Gathering of Eagles is a 1963 SuperScope Eastmancolor film directed by Delbert Mann 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 (1949), which producer-screenwriter Sy Bartlett also wrote, with elements mirroring Above and Beyond (1952) and Toward the Unknown (1956), written by his collaborator, Beirne Lay Jr.. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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