Command Decision (1948)

6.6/10 112 min War Drama Action

Overview

High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.

Cast

Clark Gable

Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis

Walter Pidgeon

Major General Roland Goodlow Kane

Van Johnson

Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans

Brian Donlevy

Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet

Charles Bickford

Elmer Brockhurst

John Hodiak

Col. Edward Rayton Martin

Edward Arnold

Congressman Arthur Malcolm

Marshall Thompson

Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee

Richard Quine

Maj. George Rockton

Cameron Mitchell

Lt. Ansel Goldberg

Clinton Sundberg

Maj. Homer V. Prescott

Ray Collins

Maj. Desmond Lansing

Warner Anderson

Col. Earnest Haley

John McIntire

Maj. Belding Davis

Moroni Olsen

Congressman Stone

John Ridgely

James Carwood

Michael Steele

Capt. Lucius Malcolm Jenks

Edward Earle

Congressman Watson

Mack Williams

Lt. Col. Virgil Jackson

James Millican

Maj. Garrett Davenport

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