Command Decision (1948)
December 23, 1948Release Date
Command Decision (1948)
December 23, 1948Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
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
John Cannon
Officer (uncredited)
William Wister Haines
Writer
Sam Wood
Director
William R. Laidlaw
Screenplay
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 23, 1948
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Content RatingNR
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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.