During the Cold War, Air Force Colonel Jim Caldwell shapes up his Strategic Air Command B-52 wing to pass a nuclear war readiness test.
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Title: A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
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| 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 | |
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Richard LePore | ... | Sgt. Kemler |
| Robert Bray | ... | Lt. Col. Gales | |
| Jim Bannon | ... | Col. Morse | |
| Nelson Leigh | ... | Gen. Aymes | |
| Russ Bender | ... | Col. Torrance | |
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John McKee | ... | Maj. Travis |
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Rock Hudson plays an Air Force Colonel who has just been re-assigned as a cold war B-52 commander who must shape up his men to pass a grueling inspection that the previous commander had failed, and had been fired for. He is also recently married, and as a tough commanding officer doing whatever he has to do to shape his men up, his wife sees a side to him that she hadn't seen before. Written by Roger Dearnaley <roger@paperart.com>
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21 June 1963 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Col. Hollis Farr: Yes, I could have, couldn't it?
Col. Jim Caldwell: How did you like it out there on that "limb"?
Col. Hollis Farr: Gets uh... kind of breezy, doesn't it?
Col. Jim Caldwell: It sure does. And you stay with it, pal. You might even get to like it after a while.
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John Gavin was originally sought for the Rod Taylor part. See more »Goofs
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. See more »Quotes
Col. Jim Caldwell: You could have contacted me last night before you sent that plane up.Col. Hollis Farr: Yes, I could have, couldn't it?
Col. Jim Caldwell: How did you like it out there on that "limb"?
Col. Hollis Farr: Gets uh... kind of breezy, doesn't it?
Col. Jim Caldwell: It sure does. And you stay with it, pal. You might even get to like it after a while.
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This film has a hackneyed plot about the strains put on a marriage by nuclear weapons, but some of the scenes are little short of spectacular. The sequence where Hudson and Taylor are timing a mass takeoff of bombers and discussing the job performance of the base commander is truly awe-inspiring. The wind from the engine blast whips at their clothes and the noise is ear-shattering. Most of the film seems like it was written by complete hacks but there is a story buried under all the maudlin touches.