Twelve O’Clock High

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American film drama film film war film

Twelve O’Clock High is a classic 1949 World War II drama film about the psychological strain on U.S. Army Air Force bomber crews, widely regarded as one of Gregory Peck’s most powerful performances.

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Label	Occurrences
Twelve O'Clock High	15
Twelve O’Clock High canonical	6
Twelve O’Clock High (1949 film)	3
12 O'Clock High	2
Twelve O'Clock High (film)	2
Twelve O'Clock High (novel)	2
Twelve O'Clock High (book)	1
Twelve O'Clock High (cinematic work)	1
Twelve O'Clock High (film screenplay)	1
Twelve O'Clock High (motion picture)	1
Twelve O'Clock High (novelization)	1
Twelve O'Clock High (original story)	1
Twelve O'Clock High (screen adaptation)	1
Twelve O'Clock High (screen story)	1
Twelve O'Clock High (screenplay)	1
Twelve O'Clock High (story)	1
Twelve O'Clock High (television series)	1
Twelve O'Clock High (war aviation story)	1
Twelve O’Clock High (TV series)	1
Twelve O’Clock High (novel)	1
Twelve O’Clock High universe	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T379504 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Twelve O’Clock High
Context triple: [Gregory Peck, notableWork, Twelve O’Clock High]

A. Defense of the Reich
Defense of the Reich was the German Luftwaffe’s World War II air defense campaign aimed at protecting Nazi Germany from Allied strategic bombing.
B. The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 World War II adventure film about a commando team sent to destroy massive German guns threatening Allied ships in the Aegean Sea.
C. Luftbrücke
Luftbrücke is the German term for the Berlin Airlift, the Allied operation that supplied West Berlin by air during the Soviet blockade of 1948–1949.
D. Operation Gomorrah
Operation Gomorrah was a series of devastating Allied bombing raids on Hamburg in 1943 that caused massive destruction and civilian casualties.
E. The Dam Busters (1955 film)
The Dam Busters (1955 film) is a British war movie dramatizing the RAF’s World War II mission to destroy German dams using Barnes Wallis’s innovative “bouncing bomb.”
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Twelve O’Clock High
Target entity description: Twelve O’Clock High is a classic 1949 World War II drama film about the psychological strain on U.S. Army Air Force bomber crews, widely regarded as one of Gregory Peck’s most powerful performances.

A. Defense of the Reich
Defense of the Reich was the German Luftwaffe’s World War II air defense campaign aimed at protecting Nazi Germany from Allied strategic bombing.
B. The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 World War II adventure film about a commando team sent to destroy massive German guns threatening Allied ships in the Aegean Sea.
C. Luftbrücke
Luftbrücke is the German term for the Berlin Airlift, the Allied operation that supplied West Berlin by air during the Soviet blockade of 1948–1949.
D. Operation Gomorrah
Operation Gomorrah was a series of devastating Allied bombing raids on Hamburg in 1943 that caused massive destruction and civilian casualties.
E. The Dam Busters (1955 film)
The Dam Busters (1955 film) is a British war movie dramatizing the RAF’s World War II mission to destroy German dams using Barnes Wallis’s innovative “bouncing bomb.”
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ drama film ⓘ film ⓘ war film ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Recording Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
awardReceivedBy	Dean Jagger ⓘ
basedOn	Twelve O’Clock High self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Twelve O’Clock High (novel)
basedOnWorkAuthor	Beirne Lay Jr. ⓘ Sy Bartlett ⓘ
blackAndWhite	true ⓘ
castMember	Dean Jagger ⓘ Gary Merrill ⓘ Gregory Peck ⓘ Hugh Marlowe ⓘ Millard Mitchell ⓘ
cinematography	Leon Shamroy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Henry King ⓘ
distributor	20th Century Fox ⓘ
editingBy	Barbara McLean ⓘ
filmLocation	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Florida ⓘ
genre	World War II film ⓘ war drama ⓘ
hasTelevisionAdaptation	Twelve O’Clock High self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Twelve O’Clock High (TV series)
leadActorPerformanceReputation	one of Gregory Peck’s most powerful performances ⓘ
mainCharacter	Brigadier General Frank Savage ⓘ
musicBy	Alfred Newman ⓘ
narrativeFocus	psychological strain on U.S. Army Air Forces bomber crews ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
notableFor	realistic depiction of combat stress and leadership in air warfare ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
portrays	Eighth Air Force bombing campaign over Europe ⓘ
producer	Darryl F. Zanuck ⓘ
productionCompany	20th Century Fox ⓘ
publicationDate	1949 ⓘ
runtime	approximately 132 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Beirne Lay Jr. ⓘ Sy Bartlett ⓘ
setInRegion	England ⓘ
setInTime	World War II ⓘ
starring	Dean Jagger ⓘ Gary Merrill ⓘ Gregory Peck ⓘ Hugh Marlowe ⓘ Millard Mitchell ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gregory Peck → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

Hugh Marlowe → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

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Gary Merrill → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

Barbara McLean → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

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Andrew Duggan → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve O'Clock High (television series)

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this entity surface form: Twelve O’Clock High (novel)

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subject surface form: Hugh Marlowe

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Millard Mitchell → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

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Paul Stewart → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

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1950 Academy Awards → bestSupportingActorFilm → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

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Henry King → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve O’Clock High (1949 film)

Beirne Lay Jr. → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve O'Clock High

Beirne Lay Jr. → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve O'Clock High (novel)

Beirne Lay Jr. → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve O'Clock High (film screenplay)

Beirne Lay Jr. → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve O'Clock High (story)

Beirne Lay Jr. → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve O'Clock High (screen story)

Beirne Lay Jr. → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve O'Clock High (screenplay)

Beirne Lay Jr. → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve O'Clock High (film)

Beirne Lay Jr. → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve O'Clock High (book)

Beirne Lay Jr. → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve O'Clock High (novelization)

Beirne Lay Jr. → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve O'Clock High (original story)

Beirne Lay Jr. → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve O'Clock High (screen adaptation)

Beirne Lay Jr. → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve O'Clock High (motion picture)

Beirne Lay Jr. → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve O'Clock High (cinematic work)

Beirne Lay Jr. → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve O'Clock High (war aviation story)

Dean Jagger → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

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Dean Jagger → appearedIn → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

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Brigadier General Frank Savage → appearsIn → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve O'Clock High (film)

Brigadier General Frank Savage → createdFor → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve O’Clock High (1949 film)

Brigadier General Frank Savage → fictionalUniverse → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

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Quinn Martin → produced → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

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Paul Burke → notableWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

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Paul Burke → awardNominationWork → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

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James B. Clark → edited → Twelve O’Clock High ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve O’Clock High (1949 film)

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