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Above and Beyond

1952 American film by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama
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Summary

Above and Beyond is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (450 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3]
  • Director: Melvin Frank[4], Norman Panama[5]
  • Screenwriter: Melvin Frank[6]
  • Composer: Hugo Friedhofer[7]
  • Genre: biographical film[8], drama film[9]
  • Cast member: Robert Taylor[10], Eleanor Parker[11], James Whitmore[12], Larry Keating[13], Larry Gates[14], Marilyn Erskine[15], Stephen Dunne[16], Hayden Rorke[17], Lawrence Dobkin[18], Jim Backus[19], Harlan Warde[20], Jeff Richards[21], John Pickard[22], Robert Burton[23]
  • Producer: Melvin Frank[24]
  • Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[25]
  • Director of photography: Ray June[26]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[27]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[28]
  • Color: black-and-white[29]
  • Country of origin: United States[30]
  • Publication date: December 31, 1952[31], January 2, 1953[32], January 14, 1953[33], February 6, 1953[34], March 23, 1953[35], April 4, 1953[36], August 17, 1953[37], September 4, 1953[38], September 25, 1953[39], October 20, 1953[40], February 26, 1954[41], February 28, 1954[42], May 14, 1954[43]
  • Distributed by: Loews Cineplex Entertainment[44]
  • Main subject: aviation[45], atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki[46], Paul Tibbets[47], William L. Uanna[48]
  • Film editor: Cotton Warburton[49]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Story[50], Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score[51]
  • Title: Above and Beyond[52]
  • Duration: 122 minutes[53]
  • Set in period: World War II[54], 20th century[55], 1940s[56]
  • Production designer: Malcolm Brown[57]

Why It Matters

Above and Beyond has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]

FAQs

What awards did Above and Beyond receive?

Honors received include National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3].

Related Entities

Eleanor Parker film James Whitmore Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Paul Tibbets Robert Taylor United States

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [59] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'nl', 'pt']
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