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Above and Beyond

1952 American film by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama
Movie Film Q2289807

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
film
Award received
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[2]
Director
Melvin Frank, Norman Panama[3][4]
Genre
biographical film, drama film[7][8]
Publication date
December 31, 1952, January 2, 1953, January 14, 1953, February 6, 1953, March 23, 1953, April 4, 1953, August 17, 1953, September 4, 1953, September 25, 1953, October 20, 1953, February 26, 1954, February 28, 1954, May 14, 1954[30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]
Screenwriter
Melvin Frank[5]
Producer
Melvin Frank[23]
Nominated for
Academy Award for Best Story, Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score[49][50]
Duration
+122[52]
Cast member
Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore, Larry Keating, Larry Gates, Marilyn Erskine, Stephen Dunne, Hayden Rorke, Lawrence Dobkin, Jim Backus, Harlan Warde, Jeff Richards, John Pickard, Robert Burton, Barbara Ruick[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Color
black-and-white[28]
Composer
Hugo Friedhofer[6]
Country of origin
United States[29]
Director of photography
Ray June[25]
Distributed by
Loews Cineplex Entertainment[43]
Distribution format
video on demand[27]
Film editor
Cotton Warburton[48]
Main subject
aviation, atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Paul Tibbets, William L. Uanna[44][45][46][47]
Original language of film or TV show
English[26]
Production company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[24]
Production designer
Malcolm Brown[56]
Set in period
World War II, 20th century, 1940s[53][54][55]
Title
Above and Beyond[51]
🏷️ Also known as
en Above and Beyond ar فوق وما بعده de Die letzte Entscheidung es Ataque secreto es El gran secreto fa بالاتر و فراتر (فیلم ۱۹۵۲) fr Le Grand Secret fr Grand Secret it Above and Beyond it Il prezzo del dovere ja 決戦攻撃命令 nl Het grote geheim zh 原子弹轰炸广岛记 zh-hant 原子彈轟炸廣島記
🔖 Identifiers · 45
AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID
50384
Academy Awards Database film ID
600
Academy Collection film ID
W088033
AllMovie title ID
v83038
Allcinema film ID
7107
Apple TV movie ID
umc.cmc.1isfzq6w6kqxs7lds3868illq
Cine.gr film ID (archived)
720157
Cinema Context ID
F016449
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID
3099
Decine21 film ID
17446
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID
30070
Douban film ID
3785870
Show all 45 identifiers +33
EIDR content ID
10.5240/E216-2BD9-8FE8-8EE0-2E72-H
ElFilm film ID
44246
Fernsehserien.de ID
filme/die-letzte-entscheidung
FilmAffinity film ID
443439
FilmVandaag ID
film/24363
Filmfront film ID (archived)
53894
Filmová databáze film ID
169151
Freebase ID
/m/0d2k5v
IMCDB work ID
44324
IMDb ID
tt0044324
ITunes movie ID
1332001860
KINENOTE film ID
2838
Kinobox film ID
254166
Kinopoisk film ID
26975
LUMIERE film ID
227707
LdiF ID
43934
Letterboxd film ID
above-and-beyond
MYmovies audiovisual work ID
19014
Movie Review Query Engine ID
above-and-beyond-m100031601
MovieLens movie ID
80269
MovieMeter film ID
17350
OFDb film ID
63337
PORT film ID
165428
Plex media key
5d7768c496b655001fdc12fd
Rotten Tomatoes ID
m/1047942-above_and_beyond
Schnittberichte.com title ID
63609
Swedish Film Database ID
33289
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived)
1419
TMDB movie ID
80806
TheTVDB movie ID
83148
Trakt.tv ID
movies/above-and-beyond-1953
Trakt.tv film ID
60223
ČSFD film ID
26985

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🔗 Connections
Cast member 15
Eleanor Parker, Robert Taylor, James Whitmore, Jim Backus, Hayden Rorke, Jeff Richards, Larry Gates, Larry Keating +7 more
Main subject 4
aviation, atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Paul Tibbets, William L. Uanna
Director 2
Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Genre 2
drama film, biographical film
Award received 1
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Color 1
black-and-white
Composer 1
Hugo Friedhofer
Country of origin 1
United States
Director of photography 1
Ray June
Distributed by 1
Loews Cineplex Entertainment
Distribution format 1
video on demand
Film editor 1
Cotton Warburton
Instance of 1
film
Nominated for 1
Academy Award for Best Story
Original language of film or TV show 1
English
Producer 1
Melvin Frank
Production company 1
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production designer 1
Malcolm Brown
Screenwriter 1
Melvin Frank
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Summary

Above and Beyond is a film[1].

FAQs

What awards did Above and Beyond receive?

Honors received include National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[2].

Related Entities

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

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  1. 29d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Academy Collection film ID → W088033
    "Created claim: Academy Collection film ID: W088033, batch #290954"
  2. 10w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    IMCDB work ID → 44324
    "Created claim: IMCDB work ID: 44324, batch #269901"
  3. 11w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → World War II, 20th century, 1940s
    "Created claim: Set in period: 1940s, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787856307365"
  4. 11w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film ID → 169151
    "Created claim: Filmová databáze film ID: 169151, batch #269266"
  5. 12w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → World War II, 20th century, 1940s
    "Created claim: Set in period: World War II, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786777714293"
  6. 20w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → aviation, atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Paul Tibbets +1
    Production designer → Malcolm Brown
    MovieLens movie ID → 80269
    Producer → Melvin Frank
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #38225: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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