Command Decision (1948)

Name: Command Decision
Genre: War, Drama, Action
Released: 1948-12-23
Duration: 112 min
Cast: Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Brian Donlevy, Charles Bickford

Heroes, cowards, fighters, braggarts, liars... and what goes on in their hearts!

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.

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Released 1948-12-23 · 112 min · War, Drama, Action

Directed by Sam Wood

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