Command Decision (1948)
December 23, 1948Release Date
Command Decision (1948)
December 23, 1948Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Clark Gable
Brig. Gen. K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
Walter Pidgeon
Maj. Gen. Roland Goodlow Kane
Van Johnson
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Brian Donlevy
Brig. Gen. 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
Clinton Sundberg
Maj. Homer V. Prescott
Richard Quine
Maj. George Rockton
Ray Collins
Maj. Desmond Lansing
Cameron Mitchell
Lt. Ansel Goldberg
Sam Wood
Director
Warner Anderson
Col. Earnest Haley
William R. Laidlaw
Writer
John McIntire
Maj. Belding Davis
George Froeschel
Writer
Moroni Olsen
Congressman Stone
William Wister Haines
Writer
John Ridgely
James Carwood
Michael Steele
Capt. Lucius Malcolm Jenks
Sidney Franklin
Producer
Edward Earle
Congressman Watson
Miklós Rózsa
Composer
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 23, 1948
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Command Decision is a 1949 war film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, and Brian Donlevy, and directed by Sam Wood, based on the 1948 stage play of the same name written by William Wister Haines, which he based on his best-selling 1947 novel. The screenplay for the film was written by George Froeschel and William R. Laidlaw. Haines' play ran on Broadway for almost a year beginning in October 1947.Although portraying the strategic bombing of Nazi Germany in World War II, the main action takes place almost entirely within the confines of the headquarters of its protagonist. Depicting the political infighting of conducting a major war effort, the film's major theme is the emotional toll on commanders from ordering missions that result in high casualties, the effects of sustained combat on all concerned, and the nature of accountability for its consequences.