Mutiny at Ten Thousand Feet

March 26, 1965
Season 1 - Episode 26: Mutiny at Ten Thousand Feet

Season 1 - Episode 26: Mutiny at Ten Thousand Feet

12 O'Clock High - Backdrop

Overview

Major Andy Towson, an exceptional pilot & squadron C.O. cracks up after landing. He is a friend of Savages and has flown about same amount of missions as Savage and has always been a rock. Towson's co-pilot Lieutenant Kemp suggests that as Savage's crew is rotating back to US, Towson's crew is ready to fly with him. Phil Reese is being blackmailed by Kemp who knows that his real name is Phil Chapman and that while drunk he hit and killed a young child back home. Kemp wants Reese to support him to take over the plane and fly it to Switzerland. Kemp distracts Lieutenant Patterson in the pharmacy and steals some uppers & downers from the base pharmacy and then says that they belong to Savage. General Stoneman assigns them to fly a mission to drop leaflets around Innsbruck. In the air Kemp acts as though Savage has cracked up. Savage gets the crew to back him by convincing them that they will be court-martialed and that Kemp is using them. Reese comes to Savages aid and Kemp shoots him. Sa

Episode Information

TV Show

12 O'Clock High

Season

Season 1

Episode Number

26

Air Date

March 26, 1965

Guest Stars

Barney Phillips

Barney Phillips

Maj. Donald 'Doc' Kaiser

Larry Blyden

Larry Blyden

Lt. Tony Kemp

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

Sgt. Phil Reese

Lee Meriwether

Lee Meriwether

Lt. Amy Patterson

Stuart Margolin

Stuart Margolin

Lt. Murray Epstein

J

James Dobson

Maj. Andy Towson

Crew

H

Harold Jack Bloom

Writer

S

Sutton Roley

Director