Command Decision (1948)
- Starring:
- Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, (more)
- Director(s):
- Sam Wood
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR
- Category:
- Action / Adventure, War
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Command Decision is a stagebound but consummately acted adaptation of William Wister Haines' Broadway play. Clark Gable, starring in the role essayed on Broadway by Paul Kelly, plays Air Force Brigadier General "Casey" Dennis. With time at a premium, Dennis sends waves of bomber squadrons into Germany to knock out the enemy's jet plane factories. Though Dennis seems utterly unconcerned about the fate of his pilots (even his superior officer Walter Pidgeon is appalled by the heavy losses), the audience knows that his duty is exacting a severe emotional toll on him. Thanks to pressure from a misguided US senator, "butcher" Dennis is replaced by the supposedly more humane Brian Donlevy. But Donlevy realizes that Gable's decisions were the correct ones, and he vows to continue his predecessor's "suicide missions". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 112 mins
Complete Cast:
- Clark Gable - Brig. Gen. K.C. "Casey" Dennis
- Van Johnson - Tech. Sgt. Immanuel T. Evans
- Charles Bickford - Elmer Brockhurst
- Edward Arnold - Congressman Arthur Malcolm
- Cameron Mitchell - Lt. Ansel Goldberg
- Ray Collins - Maj. Desmond Lansing
- John McIntire - Maj. Belding Davis
- John Ridgely - James Carwood
- Edward Earle - Congressman Watson
- James Millican - Maj. Garrett Davenport
- Bruce Cowling - Operations Officer
- George Offerman - Waiter
- Marshall Thompson - Cap. George Washington Lee
- Barry Nelson - Voice over loudspeaker
- William Leicester - Chauffeur
- Sam Flint - Congressman
- Alvin Hammer - Sergeant Cahill
- Walter Pidgeon - Maj. Gen. Roland G. Kane
- Brian Donlevy - Brig. Gen. Clifton L. Garnet
- John Hodiak - Col. Edward R. Martin
- Richard Quine - Maj. George Rockton
- Clinton Sundberg - Maj. Homer V. Prescott
- Warner Anderson - Col. Earnest Haley
- Moroni Olsen - Congressman Stone
- Michael Steele - Capt. Lucius M. Jenks
- Mack Williams - Lt. Col. Virgil Jackson
- Gregg Barton - Sergeant
- Peter Martin - Command Sergeant
- Henry Hall - Congressman
- William "Bill" Phillips - Jeep Driver
- Marten Lamont - Officer of R.A.F
- John James - Officer
- Don Haggerty - Command Officer
- Holmes Herbert - Chairman
- Director(s):
- Sam Wood
- Writer(s):
- George Froeschel, William R. Laidlaw, William Wister Haines
- Producer(s):
- Gottfried Reinhardt, Sidney Franklin, Sidney Franklin
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR(Suitable for Children)
- Categories:
- Action / Adventure, War
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