Command Decision
7.3
“Heroes, cowards, fighters, braggarts, liars... and what goes on in their hearts!”
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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Cast
21 people
Clark Gable
Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
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Walter Pidgeon
Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
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Van Johnson
Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans
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Brian Donlevy
Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
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Charles Bickford
Elmer Brockhurst
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John Hodiak
Col. Edward Rayton Martin
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Edward Arnold
Congressman Arthur Malcolm
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Marshall Thompson
Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee
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Richard Quine
Maj. George Rockton
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Cameron Mitchell
Lt. Ansel Goldberg
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Clinton Sundberg
Maj. Homer V. Prescott
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Ray Collins
Maj. Desmond Lansing
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Perry Mason
Sam Wood Director · George Froeschel Screenplay William R. Laidlaw Screenplay
Worldwide gross $3.7M · Budget $2.5M · United States release December 23, 1948
Box office
Budget
$2,467,000
Worldwide gross
$3,685,000
Gross vs. budget
1.5×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 23, 1948
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