‘Above and Beyond’: What Survives the Mission

The story of the men and women who were involved in preparing the first atomic bomb shows the sacrifices made.

Lt. Col. Paul Tibbets (Robert Taylor) and wife Lucy (Eleanor Parker) with their children, in “Above and Beyond.” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

NR | 2h 2m | Biography, Drama, War | 1952

“Above and Beyond” has one of those credit rolls that makes you pause for a second. The names Melvin Frank and Norman Panama show up as directors, screenplay writers, and producers. If you know their backgrounds, your mind will jump straight to Bob Hope and those mid-40s studio comedies they wrote, which is how they built their names.