COMMAND DECISION

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• Release Year: 1949
• Genre: Drama, War
• Plot: World War II drama that shows the battles - on and off the field - that a general must fight in order to win the war. General Casey of the US Forces in England must fight congressional representatives and his own chain of command to be allowed to complete an important mission. He must get his men's planes out, during a small window of fair weather, in order to prevent the Germans from making more military jet planes. Although the general knows the success of his plan could decide whether the Germans get the upper hand in the war, it could also mean suicide for his men. Adapted from the William Wister Haines stage hit.
• Cast: Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Brian Donlevy, Charles Bickford, John Hodiak, Edward Arnold, Marshall Thompson, Richard Quine, Cameron Mitchell, Clinton Sundberg, Ray Collins, Warner Anderson, John McIntire, Moroni Olsen, John Ridgely, Michael Steele, Edward Earle, Mack Williams, James Millican, Lane Allan, Joel Allen, George Backus, Ray Barons, Gregg Barton, Jack Bonigul, William Cabanne, John Cannon, Campbell Copelin, Bruce Cowling, Robert Cunningham, James Dale, Fred Datig Jr., Bert Davidson, Dennis Dengate, Tay Dunn, Sam Flint, Don Garner, Don Haggerty, Henry Hall, Alvin Hammer, Tom Handley, Clarke Hardwicke, Carey Harrison, Holmes Herbert, David Holt, James Horne Jr., Russell Hoyt, Robin Hughes, John James, Colin Kenny, Marten Lamont, Billy Lechner, William F. Leicester, Bob Manning, Peter Martin, Frank Mayo, John McGuire, Bill McIvor, George Melford, John Michaels, Bob Milton, Howard M. Mitchell, Glenn Mullen, William Murphy, Bill Neff, Barry Nelson, David Newell, William Nind, George Offerman Jr., William 'Bill' Phillips, Frank J. Scannell, Robert Seiter, Tony Shaw, Robin Short, J. Lewis Smith, Buddy Swan, William Tannen, Arthur Walsh, Douglas Walton, Harlan Warde, Steve Wayne, Wilson Wood, Jimmy Zahner, Sam Wood, William R. Laidlaw, George Froeschel, William Wister Haines
• Director: Sam Wood
• Runtime: 1:51
• Company: Warner Bros.
• Media Format: Movie