Twelve O'Clock High S03E05 A Distant Cry
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Twelve O'Clock High is an American drama series set in World War II. This TV series originally broadcast on ABC-TV for two-and-one-half TV seasons from September 18, 1964, through January 13, 1967; was based on the motion picture Twelve O'Clock High (1949).
I had good neighbor years ago who was a B17 navigator in WW2.
A farm boy from Missouri. He told me he had an uncle who told him when he left for the war that his
favorite 40 acres where he liked to hunt quail wouldn't be hunted until he came back.
When he did, he said it was the finest hunting ever.
He passed on 20 years ago.
I've enjoyed binge-watching a lot of these episodes...this one is fantastic!
Just Excellent!
Roy Thinnes, Robert Blake and Wayne Rogers all guesting in the same episode! Wow!
Yes and they were rookie stars then before they hit the big time
Wow!A coloured show with Roy Thinnes with moustache & Robert Blake.
Good episode. Paul Burke played his usual understanding self. He was a natural. He kind of reminds me of Jon Hamm in "Madmen". They have the same understated leadership style.The kind of look the same too. This is one of the best episodes!
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Agree. One of the very best episodes. Wish they did TV like this today. Great writing, celebrates solid martial virtues like courage, bravery, honor, duty, compassion, honesty. Don't see much of that today on TV or movies.
something happened in My Lai a few years after these shows were shot. Also shot were martial virtues. I mean the cover up, the denials, lies, the reduced sentences .... oh and also the cold blooded murder of 400 women and kids by compassionate honest kids from Akron and Santa Fe. Portrayals of war and combat got a little closer to reality. I would hate to see CoL Gallagher during Rolling Thunder bombing Cambodia illegally and dumping agent Orange all over the landscape. What you would like to see are old fashioned patriotic war stories... so do what I do, watch OLD war movies and old war TV shows. They make us more comfortable with war. Those martial virtues.. Tell me how many of those were in effect at Abu Ghraib. The US military harbors sadistic torturers.. some got a kick out of it. You don't see much of those martial values today because it causes sarcastic laughter. I use the past as "escapism" because they smooth over the horror. See Memphis Belle or Catch 22, The new martial values include hiring private contractors .. like Putin's lost Wagner Group. No accountability. We have aged Mr Van Dyke. Did we get wiser?@@Doug326
One of their best shows.
used to watch this with my dad... man he loved this show...
Thanks for uploading w/no commercials.
What great writing in this episode. Appreciated.
You are absolutely right. I was under the impression that the third season was a slow sad decline but this episode is a hidden gem. It's as good as the best of the first season.
@@reichensperger1847 Roy Thinnes is so underrated! imho ~ He shows his range with Pridie... he made me cry. Great episode!!
@@reichensperger1847 100% agree.
@@joanndascenzo1105 the Invaders!
Very good episode👍🏽👍🏽
I'm watching this , It's 12 O'clock and I'm high 👍 Great video .
Nice comment. Grumpy Old Retired Army 1SG from Chicago.
Robert Blake and Wayne Rogers plus some excellent writing makes for a great episode.
Lots of future stars in that episode
If they served beer in an English pub with that much head on it the barman would be sacked.
Love 12 o’clock high!!!!
@18:36 - The map is a post WWII map. Wow! We used maps similar to this in the 70's when I was stationed in West Berlin. Look at the top right quadrant and you can see the lower and middle air corridors to West Berlin and part of the top corridor. I remember that on the ONC E-2 maps we used you could also see the ADIZ between West and East Germany.
Enjoyed these episodes during their prime runs...blk-white, color....that time in life where television 📺 was wonderful....our only problem was these series were on during school nights . . .😆. . . however miss those times dearly....thank you, BCM'
this is one of my favorite episodes. i'm a pilot, i really understand this stuff
Great role for Robert Blake
Very, very good! Thanks for ujploading these jefke peremans.
That was a great episode I love watching these classic s
That was surprisingly good...
We take instrument certification as the norm today! I had a friend at Blythville, AFB that was a pilot who flew visual only. He got in a tight spot once when the weather forecast did a bad change while he was up. I am thankful I never flew with him!
Where was Blythville AFB ?
@@paulsuprono7225 along Interstate 55 just south of Missouri state line. Town of the same name. Was also called Eiker AFB before it was closed by President Clinton.
They used to produce shows with characters we met & worried about in 45 minute episodes .What happened to that kind of talented storytelling??
That is so true. I really got attached to Col Gallagher. I was let doown some when I viewed his Post 12 o clock career. He didnt seem to be able to find his niche. He was so good in 12 o clock. Now Robert Blake just irritated me. He tried too hard back in the day. He always tried to be so "hip" and we used to laugh at him because he seemed like a hypocrite. Which he was shown to be. Roy Thinnes was an under valued actor too.
You got old.
Classic Tv at its best.
Very realistic . Thanks for posting
Yeah. This was a good one. Robert Blake played a great role and when his plane suddenly blew up - you didn't expect it. The thing was - that happened a lot - and plane loads full of good guys died.
Episodes like this - where there is serious loss of well liked characters reflect on what was happening then to those men.
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The future Barretta, the future Trapper John, and a future US Congressman in the opening scene.
Hey trapper John was a pilot in World War II before he was a doctor in Korea
Colonel Potter was an underage cavalry soldier in WW1. All gotta start somewhere.
Oh, and Baretta was a pilot in WW2.
Wayne Rogers, Robert Blake, and Roy Thinnes.
We have M*A*S*H, Baretta, and The Invaders covered.
Spanky and Our Gang.
Very good episode... Baretta when He was younger !
And alfalfa when he was older
Great showmanship!
One of the best episodes of seasons 1 & 2. Just glad they didn't throw a stiff cross wind into the ending as that would have been over doing it.
Filled with emotion . Probably one of the toughest jobs is working with people whom you lose on a regular basis .An Indian pilot too !
Gotta love the old
Eight inches between bottle and throttle...
Trapper and Baretta!!! Awesome!
In my opinion, this is the best episode of season 2 and so far season 3. And I am a pilot too
Marshall Field I Agree Marshall! It Was One Of The Best Ones Yet! Trapper John, From MASH, Didn’ Have A Big Role In This One!
Flat out white knuckler with a brilliant cast. Holy Sh!t this is a good episode.
Really enjoyed this one. Great story line, good acting, good framing of shots and high quality production.
I normally don’t comment on minor idiosyncrasies but in doubt that in 1944 common slang for good looking young women included “chicks”. It was first recorded in Elmer Gantry (1927) but it seems out of tune to 1944 but more like mid 1960’s when the production was made. Would have expected them to use “Dame”.
It came into use in the 20s.
The ground crew chief must be going nuts having to keep ordering the Co pilot windows from supply all the time,pilot seat must be the safest seat
this ep is copyrighted 1966...THE INVADERS started in january of 1967 but both were QUINN MARTIN PRODUCTIONS...great stuff...beats the pants off modern shows
I concur !
Sure got that right....👌
Roy Thinnes is just the best! Quinn Martin sure loved him!! His emotional range and his ability to speak volumes with a single facial expression does not get enough credit...imho!
As far as I can see, all the actors of this programme S1-4 are dead now with the exception of Chris Robinson (Sgt. Komansky) now 85years old.
After two or three misses of the target in the previous ones in season 3, this episode made a direct hit!
Robert Blake, in his early days !
Before he was a murderer.
@@paulw.woodring7304 I keep that same thought in mind when seeing this, still young,
before all that which defines him today in personal character
Shows from the sixties were outstanding. Shows today just plain stink along with the acting.
Could not agree more , great story line and superb acting, you Theresa Delicot are dead right on both counts, this series alone could be played today purely so some one has to compete with a similar quality series .
So true, on all counts!
Well 60s had their share of stinkers also but I admit these shows do have a certain something to them you just don't see anymore, even though they were way before my time
Colour lets you see the scene as a set. B/W HID IT MADE IT BELIEVABLE.
True, BW makes more for listening and more imagination, colour shows everything.
Roy Thinnes , Robert Blake ( Barreta ) and Wayne Rogers ( Trapper John
) geeez ....
Does anyone else notice that they used this music again...in Star Trek?
The music score has been all over...Other QM shows...and Outer Limits, too...
For me, this is hands down the best episode in the Burke era. Overall, seasons 2 and 3 were much worse, not just because of the Lansing to Burke drop-off, but because of the decline in writer and content quality. Season 1 focused on brutally tough and realistic depictions of the personal and emotional struggles these pilots had to go through, and the gravitas and poignant acting of Lansing made it that much more powerful and heart-wrenching. Perhaps due to misguided marketing decisions, they switched to typical TV fare scripts once Burke arrived, with unrealistic fantasies highlighted by some loner or renegade violating all the rules and risking devastation only to be morally forgiven by last minute heroics. Burke's lack of command stature and voice, and his exaggerated emotional outbursts only compounded the problem. In this episode, they finally went back to a Season One type script, with superbly moving scenes and acting from the guest stars and a believable and touching script. Burke rose to the occasion as well. What a shame this was the rare exception, too late to re-right the ship. In any case, the following episodes went right back to the typical Burke-era scripts.
This is outstanding analysis (if a mite hard on poor Paul Burke.)
@@reichensperger1847 Thanks. And don't get me wrong. I don't think Burke was a bad actor; he just wasn't a great one. The truly great actors reveal a ton with a minimum of words and a small physical change - a raised eyebrow, a semi-grimace, a sudden focus in the eyes. Lansing was super at that. The Burkes of the world need to clench their entire jaw, grit their teeth, and make all their veins protrude in order to show heightened tension. Had he not been preceded by Lansing, his relative weaknesses would not have been so glaring.
@@reichensperger1847True! I'm with you...
This was a well scripted, well acted story. Also, Roy Thinnes knew how to render a proper salute.
Drunk Indian part was a bit much, but otherwise, yes, top marks episode
Awesome!
The letter written to eagles mother. Was a very beautiful thing to say about eagle.
Roy Thinnes was great.
Robert Freaking Blake is still pretty damn cool, however strange his life.
Well what he did later was what it was, but for all we know as a younger man like in this he wasn't like that yet
Blake was one of the worst actors who ever stood in front of a camera.
Blake was good in this. They should have made him a recurring character.
He was painful to watch, just horrible acting.
Horrible? I remember now how likable Blake came across on camera. Didn’t seem bad to me but maybe because of that likability, then again what else is good acting?
Understand, Blake was a natural, only too get in the situation he got into...
A instrument instructor sir. O boy he would probably be like his buddy.
Roy Thinnes as the check pilot.
82Echo411 DAVID VINCENT HAS SEEN THEM.
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I was in a very colorful F-4 squadron 1980 -84 we'd pencil whipped rifle qual scores being in airwing and PI was just 8 miles away ! PFT once a year Only when IG's did it get rough updating personel records Hydraulics shop which at Sgt I had one of the two CDI stamps I never wanted the Low Power turn -up license One Pilot we all Loved was a mustang He was a Door Gunner in Nam and his brother died in an F-4 accidental cockpit fire so what he did was became his brother in a sense. He was a great story teller and we go to Yuma to practice Bombing Runs he told the younger Troops " I'd Nap my home town and give them a sonic Boom on the way out " I go where you from ? Toledo Ohio Nothing can be that bad ! Yes it can ! He was a master in the air w/ F-4J or S
The opening forgot to credit the future Congressman Robert (Bob) Dornan.
Why should he be credited in the opening? He appeared in 25 episodes and hardly ever spoke more than one line. I guess he saved all his talking for his congressman days.
Bob as "background player" usually got End Credit coverage. The series was generous in covering its casts. It was VERY surprising that Burke's copilot got that air time PLUS some lines for a change.
Roy Thinnes before he began seeing UFOs.
Well, Well, It’s TRAPPER JOHN of MASH 007
Yep, he was a B17 pilot during WW2 before he became a doctor during the Korean war. Its always fun to see tv stars in their earlier roles before they became famous.
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@@p71collector Wayne Rogers was born in 1933. He was 8 yrs old when Pearl Harbor was attacked.
Capt. John Francis Xavier 'Trapper' McIntyre & Det. (Tony)Baretta.
(corrected. Probably a long day ))
Correction, Wayne Rogers was Trapper John.
+SmoothRide Scooter. Wayne Rogers was Trapper John on the MASH tv series before the character was given his own series.
Yep
An instrument check? Bring it. What drama.
He didn't finish his coffee at the end....
Yes !
Roy was a good actor
Let's be pals. Or I may put a contract out on your life. Smoke?
Baretta and the Long Hot summer :)
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25:49 Gallagher’s copilot is Robert Dornan. Later a Congressman from California known as “B-1 Bob.”
I don't remember Susan Seaforth being that white. Was she a natural redhead?
I think her natural hair color as a young woman was auburn, or red-tinged brown. Now at 77 it's a lovely white.
Barbera Felton as the Irish nurse!
She's a hottie!
Susan Seaforth as the ginger, became a fairly well-known character actress in the '70's. Barbara Feldon was a nurse in season two, Sally Kellerman (the original Hot Lips in the M*A*S*H movie) played a nurse in season one. There must have been nearly two dozen future leading actors as guest stars in this series over it's run.
come on Harvey, they declared an emergency!
Questions: in the real war did the group commander fly a fighter on a mission as they did in the EP? next question: if they flew in bad weather on bomb missions wouldn't the pilots be qualified on instruments at all time? if they didn't seems to me they wouldn't need to be checked out as the wing commander would know if they could do it or not.
Some did, some didn't, depended on their previous experience and their personal moxie for it
Wait did he steal the guys pocket watch? Lol!!
Oh, question please: what is hardstand 2 means? Pardon me for my ignorance.
Robert Blake played an injun in an episode of Laramie.
Great episode but were we supposed to sympathize with this guy? I was more partial to the Indian, hell even Wayne Rogers lol
Good very good...🎩👌🏻🌐🌎
Dion and the Belmont
If it’s only a instrument check, why did they leave England. No crew, no defense.
Landing totally blind is beyond farfetched, but this episode is goid that it becomes acceptable. I would have flown shotgun to the B-17 to better assess banking and alignment with the runway. And would have had other ship airborne to fly line abreast to help with attitude and glide path. But hey! In hindsight everything is right...
Mickey Gubitosi!
Robert Blake and trapper John
Good episode. Worst was the episode where they landed in Yugoslavia. That episode was terrible
Trapper John Macintyre.
That guy kinda looks like a blonde version of Benedict Cumberbatch
Recycled from MASH.
No .... Mash Came after this
I noticed that they are wearing the flag on their flight jackets the old way (I never noticed that be for tonight with all the WW-II military movies I have watched)
To bad they gave their lifes for a constructed war. Lost a lot of good men on all sides. At the time they thought they were doing the right thing and I can't fault that. Its sad that getting the truth out is stopped quickly never to be posted agian by those who gained from it.
Roy Thinnes QM the Invaders
Porqué no estan en castellano.??? Cuando niño la veia en castellano ....
Alfalfa 😂👍
This drunk injun stereotype part while well acted by Robert Blake, is pretty offensive
True, I find drunks of any persusion offensive.
@@Elvis20101 Okay but that was besides my point entirely
It should've been illegal to make
Bullshit is bad. No wonder I was
So stupid. Hollywood helped me.
Goodness me, don't watch any new shows.
Robert Blake is one of the worst actors of all time. Just terrible !
Colonel Gallagher is a 24/7 disaster zone.
Robert Blake must have always been a punk.no acting skills. Has presence but can't act.
Like him on the Little Rascals?!
He was born and raised in Hollywood but he always acted like he was some street kid.
@@juanmonge8 Robert Blake was born in Nutley, New Jersey.
He is known for his acting work in "In Cold Blood" based on a true story.
Man, I loved watching Barretta.😎