12 O'Clock High Episode Guide

Episode Guide

12 O'Clock High: Season 3 (1966 - 1967)

• Season 3 Episode 17: The Hunters and the Killers

  Gallagher objects when his B-17's are ordered to fly without bombs on a mission to spot a formation of German submarines.

• Season 3 Episode 16: A Long Time Dead

  A pilot (Peter Graves) suspected of deserting his crew suffers panic blackouts followed by memory loss; guest Tom Skerritt.

• Season 3 Episode 15: Graveyard

  An AWOL soldier (Ossie Davis) takes the place of a wounded officer and proves his courage to Gallagher; guest Jon Voight.

• Season 3 Episode 14: Duel at Mont Sainte Marie

  A nun (Lilia Skala) won't evacuate her hilltop retreat, despite the fact that the Germans are using it as cover for attacks.

• Season 3 Episode 13: Six Feet Under

  A Belgian war-orphan agrees to help Gallagher translate Luftwaffe papers found in a castle's cellar; guest James B. Sikking.

• Season 3 Episode 12: The Ace

  A burned-out colonel (James Whitmore) takes an assignment to precision-bomb a research station surrounded by POW barracks.

• Season 3 Episode 11: Burden of Guilt

  A colonel (James Broderick) up for promotion uses underhanded tactics to take control and lead the 918th on a vital mission.

• Season 3 Episode 10: To Seek and Destroy

  A British rocket expert, now an irresponsible drunkard, must accompany Gallagher on a mission to pick up downed V-1 rockets.

• Season 3 Episode 9: The Fighter Pilot

  Three AWOL fighter pilots pursued by stateside authorities join the 918th, where Gallagher decides to teach them discipline.

• Season 3 Episode 8: The Pariah

  A German deserter (Robert Walker) guides the 918th to hit his family's factories, a mission that ends in Gallagher's capture.

• Season 3 Episode 7: The All-American

  A top athlete arrives with his P.R. man, secretly hoping to prove himself more than just a morale-boosting cardboard hero.

• Season 3 Episode 6: Practice to Deceive

  Gallagher, downed and captured in Germany, becomes involved in a plan to topple Hitler; guest Diana Hyland.

• Season 3 Episode 5: Distant Cry

  A flight instructor (Roy Thinnes) has his first taste of combat flying; guests Wayne Rogers, Robert Blake, Susan Seaforth.

• Season 3 Episode 4: Fortress Wiesbaden

  Gallagher flies British commandos behind German lines to destroy a radar-control center; guest Lloyd Bochner, Bernard Fox.

• Season 3 Episode 3: Face of a Shadow

  Gallagher objects to the lax security at an Italian air base where the 918th has been temporarily assigned; guest Jack Lord.

• Season 3 Episode 2: Massacre

  A shuttle raid into the Soviet Union gets complicated when a Soviet liaison officer accidentally shoots down a Russian plane.

• Season 3 Episode 1: Gauntlet of Fire

  The men of the 918th are angry when Gallagher leads them on mission after mission to drop bomb-warning leaflets over France.

12 O'Clock High: Season 2 (1965 - 1966)

• Season 2 Episode 29: Siren Voices

  A British girl (Victoria Shaw) broadcasting for the Germans as a double agent obtains codes and frequencies for the Allies.

• Season 2 Episode 28: Day of Reckoning

  A grief-stricken chaplain unwittingly provides the chance for two German prisoners to try to blow up Archbury's bomb dumps.

• Season 2 Episode 27: Cross-Hairs on Death

  A dishonorably discharged flier (James Franciscus) masquerades as a replacement pilot in order to fly one combat mission.

• Season 2 Episode 26: The Hollow Man

  A pilot just returned from five months in a German prison camp freezes during a practice flight, resulting in a major crash.

• Season 2 Episode 25: Decoy

  A German U-boat captain leaves stranded Gallagher and another pilot on a North Sea island, intending to use them as decoys.

• Season 2 Episode 24: Angel Babe

  A flight engineer (Roddy McDowall) insists that his airplane, Angel Face, will refuse to fly her 50th, and final, mission.

• Season 2 Episode 23: The Survivor

  Gallagher discovers the reason behind a pilot's (Don Gordon) cold, belligerent attitude; guests Don Quine, Jill Ireland.

• Season 2 Episode 22: Twenty-Fifth Mission

  A talented pilot (Bradford Dillman) suffering internal anxieties learns that a miscount means he must fly one more mission.

• Season 2 Episode 21: Back to the Drawing Board

  A civilian master technician (Burgess Meredith) invents a device that allows B-17's to bomb accurately through cloud cover.

• Season 2 Episode 20: The Outsider

  An error-prone pilot (James MacArthur) ignores orders in an attempt to prove himself; guests Lee Meriwether, Dabney Coleman.

• Season 2 Episode 19: Which Way the Wind Blows

  Gen. Britt brings in a WAC weather forecaster (Dina Merrill) to help prevent combat losses due to unexpected weather hazards.

• Season 2 Episode 18: Underground

  Gallagher, downed and taken prisoner in neutral Switzerland, must escape to deliver vital information; guest Robert Walker.

• Season 2 Episode 17: The Slaughter Pen

  Gallagher leads an air, land and sea assault on a German radar station; guests Harry Guardino, Michael Rennie, Juliet Mills.

• Season 2 Episode 16: Falling Star

  An old friend (James Daly) of Gallagher's, traumatized by losses in his life, endangers his crew by trying to prove himself.

• Season 2 Episode 15: Target 802

  A French woman swears revenge after one of Gallagher's planes mistakenly drops bombs that kill her father and injure her son.

• Season 2 Episode 14: Between the Lines

  Enemy fire causes Gallagher's plane, carrying secret passengers and data, to go down between the German and Russian fronts.

• Season 2 Episode 13: The Jones Boys

  A black-marketeer (Burt Reynolds) pressures a pilot (Andrew Prine) who feels responsible for losing a plane and a co-pilot.

• Season 2 Episode 12: We're Not Coming Back

  Forced to ditch in Yugoslavia, Gallagher's crew accepts help from partisans with questionable loyalties; guest Ina Balin.

• Season 2 Episode 11: Storm at Twilight

  Stovall requests to be returned to active flying duty after hearing of his son's disappearance in Africa; guest Ted Knight.

• Season 2 Episode 10: Grant Me No Favor

  Gallagher goes against his father's (Barry Sullivan) advice and fights to save a friend who aborted a costly, secret mission.

• Season 2 Episode 9: I Am the Enemy

  A fanatical hatred for his former countrymen drives a German-born lead pilot (William Shatner) to fly reckless missions.

• Season 2 Episode 8: Runway in the Dark

  After a Norwegian resistance leader disappears, Gallagher must turn to the man's son for help in finding Nazi installations.

• Season 2 Episode 7: Show Me a Hero, I'll Show You a Bum

  A correspondent (Lois Nettleton) hails Komansky as a hero after the sergeant manages to fly a crippled plane back to England.

• Season 2 Episode 6: The Hotshot

  Gallagher faces a challenge from the leader of a P-51 fighter squadron, who blames the B-17 pilots for the loss of a plane.

• Season 2 Episode 5: Big Brother

  Gallagher's brother (Jack Lord), a lieutenant colonel, blames a costly German attack on the landing of Gallagher's squadron.

• Season 2 Episode 4: The Idolator

  A reckless lieutenant (Gary Lockwood) fabricates stories to cover detours onto unapproved missions; guest Lee Meriwether.

• Season 2 Episode 3: Then Came the Mighty Hunter

  A gunner (Beau Bridges) cracks after a mission and admits to being underage; guests Tom Skerritt, Ted Bessell, Judy Carne.

• Season 2 Episode 2: R/X for a Sick Bird

  The failure of a mission to drop a Polish resistance leader behind enemy lines reveals Nazi saboteurs in the bomber command.

• Season 2 Episode 1: The Loneliest Place in the World

  Savage becomes the victim of a German plan that uses captured B-17s to infiltrate Army squadrons; guest Claudine Longet.

12 O'Clock High: Season 1 (1964 - 1965)

• Season 1 Episode 32: The Hero

  A World War I flying ace (James Whitmore) takes command of a new unit, but can't abandon his reckless technique of fighting.

• Season 1 Episode 31: P.O.W. - Part Two

  The kidnapping of Richter (Alf Kjellin) is central to Savage's clever plan for escape; guest James Farentino.

• Season 1 Episode 30: P.O.W. - Part One

  An urbane POW-camp commandant (Alf Kjellin) sees captured Savage as a worthy adversary; guest James Farentino.

• Season 1 Episode 29: V for Vendetta

  A deskbound, envious general (Lin McCarthy) accuses Savage of bombing a target because of a vendetta; guest Gary Lockwood.

• Season 1 Episode 28: Cry of Fallen Birds

  A terrified woman (Dana Wynter) must face leaving her manor home when Savage wants it demolished to clear a vital runway.

• Season 1 Episode 27: The Mission

  A crippled plane, a jammed bomb and antagonism toward an uncertain crewman jeopardize a mission to bomb enemy supply lines.

• Season 1 Episode 26: Mutiny at 10,000 Feet

  A lieutenant who wants to spend the war in a neutral country spreads rumors about Savage's sanity during a bombing mission.

• Season 1 Episode 25: The Threat

  Nazi broadcaster Axis Sally warns Savage that he will soon meet with a fatal mishap; guests Burt Metcalfe, Harold Gould.

• Season 1 Episode 24: End of the Line

  A major (Paul Burke) chosen for a dangerous mission struggles with guilt over the death of a buddy; guest Barbara Feldon.

• Season 1 Episode 23: The Trap

  Occupants of a London air-raid shelter, including Savage, become desperate when a delayed-action bomb blocks the sole exit.

• Season 1 Episode 22: The Ticket

  A sweepstakes ticket changes the attitude of a lieutenant (Earl Holliman) who has been happily accepting dangerous missions.

• Season 1 Episode 21: The Clash

  Shot down over water, Savage is forced to share a life raft with the armed German officer (Albert Paulsen) who attacked him.

• Season 1 Episode 20: To Heinie, With Love

  A new navigator (Keir Dullea) displays personality traits that could endanger both missions and crews; guest Ralph Williams.

• Season 1 Episode 19: Faith, Hope and Sergeant Aronson

  Hospitalized Savage tries to restore hope to a patient who has given up on living; guests Sorrell Booke, Antoinette Bower.

• Season 1 Episode 18: The Lorelei

  Savage becomes concerned when a new deputy commander (Rip Torn) demonstrates an unusually strong attachment to superstition.

• Season 1 Episode 17: The Albatross

  A lieutenant (Robert Drivas) about to be sent home suffers disfiguring burns during a mission that Savage asked him to join.

• Season 1 Episode 16: In Search of My Enemy

  Savage discovers that his former fiancee (Barbara Shelley) is married to a pilot (Steve Forrest) assigned to his squadron.

• Season 1 Episode 15: Those Who Are About to Die

  Savage's squad becomes edgy when fog postpones the launching of a hazardous mission; guests Glenn Corbett, Sally Kellerman.

• Season 1 Episode 14: An Act of War

  Savage conducts his own investigation into conflicting reports on the success of an air raid.

• Season 1 Episode 13: The Suspected

  A war correspondent (Edward Binns) identifies a sergeant (Michael Callan) as an escaped convict; guest Antoinette Bower.

• Season 1 Episode 12: Soldiers Sometimes Kill

  Amnesia resulting from a head injury leaves Savage without a defense when he is accused of murder; guest Murray Matheson.

• Season 1 Episode 11: Here's to Courageous Cowards

  Savage tries to recruit a non-combatant (Brandon de Wilde) for combat duty, only to learn the man is a conscientious objector.

• Season 1 Episode 10: Interlude

  Emotionally battered Savage falls for a Scottish Wren (Dana Wynter) he meets on her way home on leave; guest Rhys Williams.

• Season 1 Episode 9: Appointment at Liege

  A major (Gary Lockwood) whose crew died on a mission while he was at home asks to lead a bombing run on the same target city.

• Season 1 Episode 8: The Hours Before Dawn

  Both Savage and a British girl (Glynis Johns) who gave him shelter become prisoners of a downed German flier (Fritz Weaver).

• Season 1 Episode 7: Decision

  Orders from Gen. Crowe force Savage to send a good friend to lead a bombing run on a heavily-guarded German missile factory.

• Season 1 Episode 6: Pressure Point

  Savage acts on his own initiative when he is caught between his own convictions and a senator's contrary recommendations.

• Season 1 Episode 5: The Climate of Doubt

  Crowe's command judgment comes under fire when a risky mission he ordered results in high casualties; guest Viveca Lindfors.

• Season 1 Episode 4: The Sound of Distant Thunder

  Savage works to transform an awkward youth (Peter Fonda) with surprising talents into an able serviceman.

• Season 1 Episode 3: The Men and the Boys

  Savage faces criticism when he court-martials a pilot who broke formation to help a friend.

• Season 1 Episode 2: Follow the Leader

  Against advice, Savage orders an entire bombing run to be directed by the sharp eyes of a troubled bombardier (Andrew Prine).

• Season 1 Episode 1: Golden Boy Had Nine Black Sheep

  Savage challenges a lazy officer (Paul Burke), a general's son, to whip misfits into a sharp bombing crew.