The Command
6.4
“A Story Beyond Any Bigness the Screen Has Shown – The First Production from Warner Bros. in CinemaScope”
Once the commanding officer of a cavalry patrol is killed, the ranking officer who must take command is an army doctor.
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Cast
9 people
Guy Madison
Capt. Robert MacClaw
Known for
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
Old Shatterhand
Joan Weldon
Martha Cutting
Known for
Them!
James Whitmore
Sgt. Elliott
Known for
The Shawshank Redemption
Planet of the Apes
Carl Benton Reid
Col. Janeway
Known for
In a Lonely Place
The Little Foxes
Harvey Lembeck
Pvt. Gottschalk
Known for
Stalag 17
Love with the Proper Stranger
Ray Teal
Dr. Trent
Known for
Bonanza
Ace in the Hole
Robert Nichols
2nd Lt. O'Hirons
Known for
The Thing from Another World
This Island Earth
Don Shelton
Maj. Gibbs
Known for
Them!
Mystery Street
Denver Pyle
Infantryman (uncredited)
Known for
The Dukes of Hazzard
Bonnie and Clyde
David Butler Director · Samuel Fuller Writer Russell S. Hughes Writer
Worldwide gross $2.5M · United States release February 13, 1954 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,500,000
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Rear Guard
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
United States · January 15, 1954
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · February 13, 1954
Theatrical
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