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21 June 1963 (USA) moreTagline:
THE HIGHER THEY FLY...THE FASTER THEY LIVE! THEY CAN'T SLOW UP EVEN FOR LOVE! (original print ad - all caps) morePlot:
Rock Hudson plays an Air Force Colonel who has just been re-assigned as a cold war B-52 commander who... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. moreUser Comments:
The Movie was very good moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Rock Hudson | ... | Col. Jim Caldwell | |
| Rod Taylor | ... | Col. Hollis Farr | |
| Mary Peach | ... | Victoria Caldwell | |
| Barry Sullivan | ... | Col. Bill Fowler | |
| Kevin McCarthy | ... | Gen. 'Happy Jack' Kirby | |
| Henry Silva | ... | Col. Joe Garcia | |
| Leora Dana | ... | Mrs. Evelyn Fowler | |
| Robert Lansing | ... | Sgt. Banning | |
| Richard Anderson | ... | Col. Ralph Josten | |
| Richard LePore | ... | Sgt. Kemler | |
| Robert Bray | ... | Lt. Col. Gales | |
| Jim Bannon | ... | Col. Morse | |
| Nelson Leigh | ... | Gen. Aymes | |
| Russ Bender | ... | Col. Torrance | |
| John McKee | ... | Maj. Travis |
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Filming Locations:
Beale Air Force Base, Marysville, California, USAFun Stuff
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The scene where Mary Peach's character goes out "on the town" shows her exiting a theater into a grand lobby where she meets friends. That lobby is the actual foyer of the San Francisco Opera House, which looks virtually the same to this day. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: During an inflight emergency when his B-52 experiences a fuel leak while refueling from a KC-135 tanker, Col Caldwell correctly orders his crew to don oxygen masks so as not to breathe the gas fumes. The crew puts on their masks, but the remaining scenes depicting the emergency show the crew with their masks off again, even though fuel is still leaking and fumes are still present. moreQuotes:
Col. Hollis Farr: But what about this transfer request?Col. Jim Caldwell: I never saw it.
Col. Hollis Farr: Aw, come on, Jim! If you hold this up, he'll only go to the Inspector General. Why go out on a limb?
Col. Jim Caldwell: Out on a limb!? How do you think I've been living since the time I got here? What's wrong with going out on a limb?
Col. Hollis Farr: I'm just saying that...
Col. Jim Caldwell: You leave this one with me. And if anyone saws off that limb it'll be my neck, not yours!
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I was stationed at Beale AFB, California when the Movie "A GATHERING OF EAGLES" was filmed, and watched much of the filming. I was the crew chief on B-52G #6515 (cannot give the rest of the tail number) I spent many hours on the alert pad. And if you have never had that experience of answering to the call in the middle of the night to a klaxon from a sound sleep to running to your fast ride vehicle and being prepared to launch your aircraft and flight-crew, Then you don't what being a proud B-52G Crew Chief is like. All of the people in SAC had special jobs. I'm honored to have served with the greatest command in the world. Therefore I rate the movie very high. After the film about a year later I worked on the Aircraft that they used for the movie. I still have some local news paper articles and pictures from the filming. I went to Beale last year "2006" for an air show and got to go out on the hardstand where my air plane was parked many times. I read and agree with one of the people about the hot brakes. Also a scene where the so called fuel was coming out of the main entry hatch. The real crew chief was standing up inside the aircraft pouring water out of a bucket to simulate the fuel. I'm trying to get a copy of the movie in DVD or VHF. I would be glad to help with copies of the news paper articles. I would like to find someone else that was in the 456th OMS at Beale during the filming that was a crew chief or a ground crew member on the B-52G's
Thank you
Jerry