12 O'Clock High

196444m / epDrama · War & Politics

First aired

September 18, 1964

7.2

TMDB Score

72% match · 21 votes

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S01 · E04

The Sound of Distant Thunder

Season 1 · Oct 16, 1964

Andy Lathrop is an unsophisticated Tennessee boy. Flying as Savage's lead bombardier, he saves Savage's life, gets promoted to 1st Lieutenant, and gets recommended for the DFC. On leave he meets and falls in love with Barmaid Mary Lean and asks her to marry him, she agrees. Later the pub she and her father have is destroyed during an air raid and Mary is killed. Crazed with grief he goes AWOL. He and Savage talk and he reconsiders and returns to duty a little wiser.

About the Series

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DramaWar & Politics

Synopsis

This series chronicles the adventures--in the air and on the ground--of the men of the 918th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force. First commanded by irascible General Frank Savage--and later by Colonel Joe Gallagher, the son of a Pentagon General--the Group is stationed in England, and flies long-range bombing missions into German-held Europe.

First aired
September 18, 1964
Last aired
January 13, 1967
Seasons
3 seasons · 78 episodes
Status
Ended
Original language
English
Network
ABC

Top Billed Cast

Paul Burke

Paul Burke

Colonel Joe Gallagher

Frank Overton

Frank Overton

Major Harvey Stovall

Chris Robinson

Chris Robinson

T/Sgt. Alexander "Sandy" Komansky

Barney Phillips

Barney Phillips

Major "Doc" Kaiser

Andrew Duggan

Andrew Duggan

Brigadier/Major General Ed Britt

RD

Robert Dornan

Lieutenant/Captain Fowler

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