Best Original Screenplay1954 Film Fan Awards26th Academy Awards
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Best Original Screenplay Nominee

Above and Beyond (1953)

Ceremony Year: 1954Category: Best Original ScreenplayReleased: 1953
Nominated Talent & Credits
Beirne Lay Jr.— Beirne Lay, Jr.
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The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he knows that it can do tremendously more damage than any other weapon used before, and that the death toll resulting from it will be huge. He is reluctant to be the person who will end so many lives, but as time goes on, the pressure upon him only increase.

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WRITING (Motion Picture Story) — 26th Academy Awards (1954)

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