Twelve O'Clock High - "Maximum Effort"

[navyismyhome12]

@dickhertzalot is a teacher... hahahah nice name bro

[belinda2118]

Gregory Peck and the cast were brilliant in this film. Have a look at the moments where there is no break in the film. They really knew their lines. Not much need for editing.

[ronarmjr]

This is a great film. after having watched the TV series, I wasn't thrilled at seeing Savage played by anyone but Robert Lansing, I was really mad when they killed him off. But Peck showed what makes him great. Plus the fact that they seem to be authentic enough to be used in classes.

[anastasia10j]

@ronarmjr

[CoolerKing7]

We need more Gregory Peck actors who are not afraid to "lay it on the line". I think a lot of actors don't bring their A game to the screen anymore. Wish Hollywood would get back to basics and quit making CGI covered remakes or comic book hero comebacks. Somebody in H-Wood please plug the power cable back into the lost art of superb acting being smartly helmed by tenacious directors. Thank You...

[ARLO999]

Great film and great scene, how many men cracked like that? More than we'll know i guess, as it was said in another scene by the main man from Pinetree, ' i guess a man has only so much to give, and you've given it'. Love the scene at the start of the film where Dean Jagger goes back to the base postwar, stops on a hardstanding, and you hear the ghostly cough and roar of B17 engines start, goosebump stuff.

[mrstevehartman]

And, so now... it all catches up with him !!

[FWDORA9]

This is a Great Movie, with Great Acting by the entire cast! Gregory Peck one of the finest Actors for his time on the Big Screen.

[cafra1707]

gregory peck was nominated for an oscar for best actor.

[rboltt]

After Atticus Finch, this certainly was Peck's best role. He definitely should have won the Oscar that year over Broderick Crawford. The voters very seldom get it right.

[82abnoff]

I do not know. My dead friend got the CMH on Iwo.

I did not have that courage. A platoon leader from RVN.

Kiss my Ass.

[TJDOZIER1]

We are currently restoring Picadilly Lily (II) to the sky at Planes of Fame in Chino, Cal. She is the aircraft in this footage with the nose art Picadilly Lily, and was the last B-17 to fly with the Army Air Corps.

Visit Planes of fame on the net to see her progress and the many other unique and rare aircraft we display and fly.

[yes350yes]

Yes, the pressure finally got to him but he did his job pushed the men to their max. I love this movie. I hope someone puts the rest of the movie up.

[Minnexyz]

My uncle was a gunner on a B-17 in WWII. He never flew again after the war.

[82abnoff]

American. Today, I know my limits.

[82abnoff]

I have seen this film. I do not know. I had no limits because?? Infrantry Officer with the 101st.

Oh Well.

[terryjohn]

? English

[ddd1953]

I worked with u.s. navy f14 tomcat pilots and they told me they they were shown this film. It's about knowing your limits and knowing when you might , by pushing them, .place your wingman in danger.

Anyway, they loved this film

[steigerpower]

How right you are ''aaaayes'',.well said.

[tbowles411]

A big moment of the movie. He finally cracked under "maximum effort."

[dickhertzalot]

I was thinking of showing this film to my History class. Any thoughts?

[HenryvKeiper]

By all means, do it! Wonderful film!

[tbowles411]

They show this in the Air Force Noncommisioned Officer Academy to teach help leadership. Excellent movie and lesson. It helped change my career!

[Workinbus]

Well I Know for a fact that both the US & some foreign militaries show it to their young officers...It's also been used in executive training courses...........

[spacepatrolman]

show this and attack with jack palance

you can get the whole movie attack at myyearbook

[RobertGary1]

If its public school you'll probably have to show the Nazi side of the story too to be PC.

[HuasoPodrido]

@dickhertzalot , this flim was made right after the war, the equipment and flight gear are all correct for the period 1942 when the Army Air Core was trying to prove the value of Daytime statregic bombing. It is a good example of the pressures of the flight crew and ground support felt in maintaining a maximum effort for weeks on end.

[Tubbytoobs]

@dickhertzalot movie called them the 918 BG, was based on history of the 303rd 3 x 303... Castles in the Air is a fine book to also read. the screenplay was based on true events.

[zoznack]

@dickhertzalot Show it to them. It's one of the greatest films ever made. I had never even heard of it until I went through a leadership course in the Navy, years ago. The trainer showed this entire film, as an example of the classic styles of leadership. I didn't care much for the lecture, but loved the film.

[JeffreyBeanJr]

Thanks for posting this. I'll have to watch the film again sometime.

[aaaayes]

At 00:53 The realization in which all men crosses at a given point in each of our lives. In which our spirit says yes we can, however our body tells us something different. That we are no longer the man that we were prior to this point. How we react, and overcome this point of our lives determines how we are to live thr rest of our lives. In the construction trade, it's called "hitting the wall" and I had reached that point at age 45.

[HenryvKeiper]

I hope you came out of that moment all right.

[phen256]

@aaaayes  Not all men.

[RaceCar511]

Dean Jagger was nominated (and may have won) best supporting actor for this movie. I love the opening scene when he's riding his bicycle to the post-war airfield. Stunning!

[dave41184]

Yeah he did win it , had a look at the records :)

[russphilly]

...yes stunning...Dean Jagger, wonderful actor he was,,along with the many in this movie.

[MarkFFHH]

@RaceCar511 That is a great scene...but there was a small goof ..in the opening seconds of the movie you can see the camera man in the reflection of the store's glass door where he bought the hat.

[mig25pd]

Great film - as RubyTuesday717 says possibly the best film ever made about WWII. Certainly the best WWII flying film.

I always thought that the supporting actors - Gateley (Hugh Marlowe), Davenport (Gary Merrill) and Stovall (dean Jagger) were particularly fine.

[HenryvKeiper]

It was well acted all around. Gregory Peck certainly shines, but he didn't have to carry the film (thankfully).

[RubyTuesday717]

A great movie. This is frequently known to be the only realistic WWII film from the 1940s, and perhaps of all time. Clips of this movie are shown by the Navy to demonstrate leadership skills.

This movie wouldn't be what it is without Gregory Peck.

[irish89055]

Helloooo? Can you say "They Were Expendable"??

this is a great movie.. never liked this scene were he spazzes out.. Command Decision was good too.

[RubyTuesday717]

I've never seen THEY WERE EXPENDABLE, and I didn't mean any disrespect to John Ford; I was only going by what I'd collected from reading about films of the 40s.

[firebird63]

the only other guy who couldve done this part was jimmy stewart...check out the original version of flight of the phoenix...no one squints like jimmy

[FensterPoonwillie]

I've never seen a more dignified, glorious, admirable nervous breakdown on the screen before. Peck was a great actor and a great man.

[elperronegro]

I remmeber this movie, this scene in particular is so memorable. A realgreat take on the bombing effort in the war specialy for the time it was made. Memphis belle was quite flat.

Now if only someone would make "Thud Ridge" into a movie.

[propfan2k]

Absolutely all-time best war movie ever! (IMHO)

[DancingEwok]

One of my fav movies :) Peck is amazing!

[HenryvKeiper]

Yes, yes he is.