Command Decision

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

Duration: 112 min

Release date: 1948-12-23

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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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as Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis

as Major General Roland Goodlow Kane

as Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans

as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet

Charles Bickford

Charles Bickford

as Elmer Brockhurst

as Col. Edward Rayton Martin

as Congressman Arthur Malcolm

Marshall Thompson

Marshall Thompson

as Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee

as Maj. George Rockton

Cameron Mitchell

Cameron Mitchell

as Lt. Ansel Goldberg

Clinton Sundberg

Clinton Sundberg

as Maj. Homer V. Prescott

as Maj. Desmond Lansing

Warner Anderson

Warner Anderson

as Col. Earnest Haley

as Maj. Belding Davis

as Congressman Stone

as James Carwood

as Capt. Lucius Malcolm Jenks

as Congressman Watson

as Lt. Col. Virgil Jackson

as Maj. Garrett Davenport

as Officer (uncredited)

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William R. Laidlaw

William R. Laidlaw

George Froeschel

George Froeschel

Edwin B. Willis

Edwin B. Willis

Production Manager

Sidney Franklin

Sidney Franklin

Gottfried Reinhardt

Gottfried Reinhardt

Associate Producer

Harold F. Kress

Harold F. Kress

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Assistant Director

William Wister Haines

William Wister Haines

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