Command Decision

Command Decision

112 mins | Drama, War | Dec. 23, 1948

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.

Command Decision

112 mins | Drama, War | Dec. 23, 1948

Command Decision
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Command Decision
Directors Sid Sidman, Sam Wood
Writers William R. Laidlaw, William Wister Haines, George Froeschel

Cast

Clark Gable

as Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis

Walter Pidgeon

as Major General Roland Goodlow Kane

Van Johnson

as Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans

Brian Donlevy

as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet

Charles Bickford

as Elmer Brockhurst

John Hodiak

as Col. Edward Rayton Martin

Edward Arnold

as Congressman Arthur Malcolm

Marshall Thompson

as Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee

Richard Quine

as Maj. George Rockton

Cameron Mitchell

as Lt. Ansel Goldberg

Clinton Sundberg

as Maj. Homer V. Prescott

Ray Collins

as Maj. Desmond Lansing

Warner Anderson

as Col. Earnest Haley

John McIntire

as Maj. Belding Davis

Moroni Olsen

as Congressman Stone

John Ridgely

as James Carwood

Michael Steele

as Capt. Lucius Malcolm Jenks

Edward Earle

as Congressman Watson

Mack Williams

as Lt. Col. Virgil Jackson

James Millican

as Maj. Garrett Davenport

John Cannon

as Officer (uncredited)