Command Decision
Heroes, cowards, fighters, braggarts, liars... and what goes on in their hearts!
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12/23/1948Runtime
112 minsOverview
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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A morally grueling war drama that anchors itself in the human cost of strategic decisions, tracking the psychological toll on commanders forced to choose between tactical objectives and the lives of their men.
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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
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